Paul Hertelendy our poet laureate

The GOD of WAR

Blazing huge and white-hot through nocturnal skies For weeks on end so bright, The beacon planet Mars traverses In its closest pass of these millennia, Precisely while we self-proclaimed proponents Of a world at peace Continue waging wars In several countries at a time. Who told you, Mars, your time had come? 8/29/03

©2003 by Paul Hertelendy. The illustrations are from IMSI's Master Clips Collection, 1895 Francisco Blvd. E., San Rafael, CA, 94901-5506, USA.

Paul Hertelendy is a critic with the San Francisco Bay Area arts website www.artssf.com
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