Subject
*Dark Ice* IV (fwd)
Date
Body
IV
Three died (August, 1991).
But more or less, through lurching politics
Gun steel stayed cold; witnesses remained,
Felt and withstood fear's pliers through the night.
Most tank-crews disobeyed their orders; held;
Restrained steel treads (from crushing blood-stuck flesh
100 Or bursting screams in lungs, minds smeared
from heads);
Heartbeats but stopped a moment; then went on.
A man sat near a heap of paving stones,
Bottle of gasoline between his boots,
Discussing false dawn with an architect;
People stood smoking by a barricade
(Jumble of twisted reinforcing rods,
Old heavy plumbing, wooden pallets, doors).
They're biodegradable, these apple cores.
Three died (August, 1991).
But more or less, through lurching politics
Gun steel stayed cold; witnesses remained,
Felt and withstood fear's pliers through the night.
Most tank-crews disobeyed their orders; held;
Restrained steel treads (from crushing blood-stuck flesh
100 Or bursting screams in lungs, minds smeared
from heads);
Heartbeats but stopped a moment; then went on.
A man sat near a heap of paving stones,
Bottle of gasoline between his boots,
Discussing false dawn with an architect;
People stood smoking by a barricade
(Jumble of twisted reinforcing rods,
Old heavy plumbing, wooden pallets, doors).
They're biodegradable, these apple cores.