tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post836546149645143374..comments2023-10-01T11:09:42.394-04:00Comments on Blog with a View: Extended Tour of Dutycruelanimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045809979308725755noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post-90090583658198595162007-05-22T13:13:00.000-04:002007-05-22T13:13:00.000-04:00Extended Tour of DutyAccording to the label on the...Extended Tour of Duty<BR/><BR/>According to the label on these pears,<BR/>This tin has passed its expiration date<BR/>By more than days, apparently by years,<BR/>Abandoned in the sand as surplus waste.<BR/><BR/>Pried open, inside wallow two dry humps<BR/>Whose marrow of spoiled rations mocks and clocks<BR/>A taste for blood that borders on raw stumps<BR/>To turn a profit for prosthetic stocks.<BR/><BR/>Upon the label, missing children stare,<BR/>Preserved without their parents over years,<BR/>Trusting the state, completely unaware<BR/>Of immigrants who harvested the pears.<BR/><BR/>[Disposable Poem May 22, 2007]<BR/>Dr. MikeDr. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477774398775735186noreply@blogger.com