saigon battle children 1972

while i was learning to saviour the new taste of cashew and walnut in the autumn of that year you were learning to eat the bones of your neighbour's dog as you fled from an earth gone moist the leaves of war were torn from the jungle as a cavalry of shrapnel burnt away the air you were learning to hold your breath while i was doing the same in a suburban swimming pool when the dust of your family filled the lids of your eyes being left to see for yourself held quite a different meaning while your skin seared from the heat of warfire while your skin seared from the heat of warfire i was feeling the warmth of a shopping center in winter when you went without feet a landmine exploding your underneath world underneath i sprained an ankle at basketball the words of a american god forth from an automatic weapon and you saw the tongues of the lamb inviting you to feast in a foreign language and while i drew in crayon on the kindergarten wall you were drawn in the crosshairs just before the smell of cordite while your skin seared form the heat of warfire while your skin seared from the heat of warfire i was feeling the warmth of a shopping center in winter ah ah ah ah...