Leo Long
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Poem "Daddy won't be coming home tonight":
- written December 2011
- published December 14, 2011
- viewed 21 times
Other poems by Leo Long:
»Drowned in hate«
»In my mind«
»Teardrops from heaven«
»Tears of ink«
»The candle of life«
»The candle of life«
»The leather bound novel«
»They«
»Think of the little children«
»Without my glasses«
Visit Leo Long's profile page
Poem "Daddy won't be coming home tonight":
- written December 2011
- published December 14, 2011
- viewed 21 times
Other poems by Leo Long:
»Drowned in hate«»In my mind«»Teardrops from heaven«»Tears of ink«»The candle of life«»The candle of life«»The leather bound novel«»They«»Think of the little children«»Without my glasses«»Daddy won't be coming home tonight«
by Leo Long
The steam that rises from the shell
Mists up the scope lens
A steady hand etches a heart
Through which the other bleeds
A tattered pass absorbs the flood
Inches from the silent hand
That reached beneath his thread bare coat
A white flag not received
The towel-head becomes another scratch
A tally of the toll
A line on the barrel of a hired gun
No space for numbers here
A dog-eared girl
Watermarked in red
Stares up from the inner cover of the pass...
... daddy won't be coming home tonight
Mists up the scope lens
A steady hand etches a heart
Through which the other bleeds
A tattered pass absorbs the flood
Inches from the silent hand
That reached beneath his thread bare coat
A white flag not received
The towel-head becomes another scratch
A tally of the toll
A line on the barrel of a hired gun
No space for numbers here
A dog-eared girl
Watermarked in red
Stares up from the inner cover of the pass...
... daddy won't be coming home tonight
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