MAKE IT A TRENCH
For a normal minute, the man
was talking about his father.
Back when. A crane operator
who had worked at the quarry.
After the war; I guessed he
meant II. The crane he was
operating toppled over, and
his father was pinned. Lost
an arm to nothing. Now, the
guy says, a lot of those rocks
and cut stones are the fronts
of the very houses you see.
Can't just wait for WWIII.
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Any of those wars, the same:
First, Second...Third.
I imagined how those old
stories went: 'He survived
Verdun, but not Mt. Gunn.'
Or, 'He threw grenades like
a practiced pro. Then he lost
his arm in the quarry; how
things go?' On D-Day, in
that morning, I wonder
what he was thinking
about.
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Einstein was it, who
said: "I do not know with
what weapons World War III
will be fought, but World War
IV will be fought with sticks
and stones.' Correct; and all
those Dad and Grandad stories
just roll on.....
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