Boxes
Boxes;
man-size
silver boxes
stacked 3 high
on lift truck forks
pass by;
again
again
again
again
again…
and again…
in mechanical parade
all night long,
as planes close doors
and scream away
to runway queue
for their turn
to break the bond
of tire and pock-marked
landing strip
as blue-flamed engines burn.
Rise, dark angels…
Take them home to mom.
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Danang Air Base 1967
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Submitted by dave7819 on November 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XX X X XX X A XXX A X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 372 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1 |
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