

The Confidence Chamber This morning at muster our commander said that someone had found aThe Confidence Chamber
poisonous snake in one of the bunkers, so we had to be cautious. It was a baby
snake, which meant that there might be other babies and a mother. I laughed. The
bunkers, our one place of refuge, snake infested. Nobody else laughed.
In our gas mask carriers there are several different medications, most of them in
quick delivery syringes. Just in case of chemical warfare, in case your throat closes
up or your skin starts to blister, don't


Rouge de CadmiumThe paint dries quicklyRouge de Cadmium
burnt sienna and cadmium red
I am the color of august and your first black eye
but I am not a painter
for me colors are words
like cerulean blue
ultramarine
pthalo green am I,
to the bone (transparent white)
except on summer evenings in yellow light hansa
where the sun bleaches all
to blance de titane
pure and simple as my skin sleeping on the warm sand
and for you
I will open my eyes
just a slit of viridian


Soldier's songBefore we were soldiersSoldier's song
I put my head down
and I fell right to sleep
now my heads to the ground
but Im listening
for hoof beats that mean
its time to run
or its time to fight
its time to burrow
or its time to find the surface light
Before we were soldiers
I was friends with flight and gravity
I was free in spite
of my skins boundaries
but now sometimes I think
Ill take to the sky with my mettle wi
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an antique arms and armor expert
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