{"sf1_id":1157039,"sf2_id":"RnojR3vm","title":"War Drums","author":"charles_they","words":148,"posted_at":"2017-03-10T15:48:59.000Z","tags":["Death","Melancholy","Poem","Poetry","Tanka","War"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1157039-war-drums","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/RnojR3vm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/9b/af/9baf5bed-aef0-4279-8e42-0a46c25bc35c","description":"War is a terrible thing. Inspired in part by Lance Rund.","content":"### War Drums\n\n\"Quick, come with me, child\" /\n\nA whisper and paw in paw /\n\nMade still by stray shots /\n\nDrums of war are beaten fast /\n\nBeaten with fresh children's bones /\n\n\"Either them or us\" /\n\nA warrant shouted unheard /\n\nMade truth on numb ears /\n\nDrums of war are beaten hard /\n\nBeaten with young soldiers' bones /\n\n\"We can't leave our home\" /\n\nA rage burning deep inside /\n\nMade to fill caskets /\n\nDrums of war are beaten loud /\n\nBeaten with old native bones /\n\n\"They are ours to take\" /\n\nA spoil of war, nothing more /\n\nMade to be playthings /\n\nDrums of war are beaten now /\n\nBeaten with new victims' bones /\n\nEver-grinding wheel /\n\nFateless one unproviding /\n\nBone meal flour rations /\n\nEndlessly marching to death /\n\nTo the beating of the dead.","series":{"name":"Poetry Postings","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1155201-foxrunner.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1158322-an-ode-to-the-small-town-gay.json"}}