http://mixedupfiles.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mixedupfiles.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2006-04-27 02:31 am

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Some In Pieces
Daniel Arnoult

In World War Two
the oldest
of my uncles
picked up
dead bodies
dead weight
some in pieces
and threw them
onto the beds
of trucks.
His work spread
far as he could see.
When he came
home he poured
salted peanuts
into a Co-Cola
and prepared
for life
with folks
who could
never know
some things
as long
as they lived.

[identity profile] petra05.livejournal.com 2006-04-27 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I really like this. Is it Daniel or Darnell?

[identity profile] okapi-4evr.livejournal.com 2006-04-28 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be so hard on yourself. Thanks for posting this amazing poem. I think it is so v.v. true.