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Book 34 Page 2

The sounds of war

I could think of no music, no sound

that could portray the devastation of war better than;

the sound of men women and children screaming,

punctuated by the sound of guns firing.

© Written by Dominic John Gill Jan2 2002 dominicj7@poetry.net.au