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Jeju Naval Base Protest Poem (Need Help)
build your base
construct a concrete hypocrisy
on honest sand now
squiggling carelessly between
children’s toes to grin up
at jeju’s extravagant sky
block by seductive block a tetris
game of battleships stacked
tight against a peace until
complete and in a flash
a name sake vanish
we can stuff the oreums
with missiles massive in
their sheath to accessorize
the waist of a virulent destroyer
cause oooo aaaaa
when sun reflects off that
metal skin to blind a magpie
or boils my gimchee in a
skillet on the dock where
bare arms and laughter stop
I know I’m at peace
when the lethal injection in
this tranquil island shreds
the chains of peace in blindness
freeing us to anew aggression
when sunsets are cut by
razor blade silhouettes of
warships bleeding the horizon
of the spiritual oranges warm
reds and understanding purples
I know we’ll have gone to far
with the mercury of war and
question whats the value of another
thorn on a pacific rose
Critiques
Ladderwords
16 years ago
Vocab
Kailashana
16 years ago
I am at a loss for any
Ladderwords
16 years ago
I’m glad you like it, but