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Warplanes

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Almost antique word

That brings to mind

The bombers in the movies

The models on a tray

I worked on

When I was sick

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But these are real

Metal and tall,

Plastic in the systems

Electronics

And then there are

All the explosives, loaded,

Ready to send

Here or there

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Warplanes

That was the word used on the news

Long, official,

And romantic

Scarves and leather jackets

Indiscreet

From up so high

While on the ground

Where we live

The war takes out

Our fields and homes

While a threat

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Maybe

Only anxiety,

A state that has its own

Consequences

In the air

On the land

Where the bombs hit

Or there are UXBs

If only in the mind

When we look up

And then look at each other

Side to side

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Or it’s the real thing

The planes we cannot trust

Unleashing

Some kind of hell

Upon the Earth

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