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Eugene Redmond

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Gods In Vietnam
by Eugene Redmond


Mechanical
Oracles dot the sky,
Casting shadows on the sun.
Instead of manna
Leaflets fall
To resurrect the coals
Dead from the week's bombing.
Below
In the jungle,
Flaming alters
Buckle under prophecies;
And smoke whimpers
In the west wind.

Dry seas hide the
Cringing fold
While fishermen leap from clouds,
Nets blooming
On their lean bodies.

The sun slumps,
Full;
Before it sleeps
Solemn chaplains come,
Their voices choked
In suspicious silence.


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