Unofficially a blog that's been shut down, you might still find the occasional post here where I mention something about exercise, rant/comment on life, or post my amateur third-person poetry.

Sunday, December 02, 2007

hear, hear

Headset glued to ear
Signaller Jones
endured the
repetitive thumping
witnessed
shouts and screams
of men exposed

to artillery bands
playing live
song after song
polyrhythms of fire
dulling the senses
Preludes to a
ground assault


The hearing aid
exposes him to
Today's mechanized infantry
volume set to max
rolling out
song after song
of repetitive thumping
shouts and screams assaulting
passers-by

Civilians
overrunning civility
dulling senses
and lives

posted by tryathlete at Sunday, December 02, 2007

4 Comments:

Blogger Kurt said...

Interesting poem. I liked it.

6:33 PM

 
Blogger tryathlete said...

I still need to fit into the poem these lines: "Use headphones and keep the damned volume down, you inconsiderate twats".

8:30 PM

 
Blogger m said...

ha, ha!

I tuned down my headphones when I almost got run (with car) over by an old lady.

1:43 PM

 
Blogger Runner Susan said...

i use my headphones to block out my heavy breathing. i can't run if i keep distracting myself.

6:38 PM

 

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