Saturday, January 26, 2013

Antietam (Original Italian Sonnet)


Wednesday lost to a battle in dismay
September seventeen, a day birds cry. 
Bloodied bodies stacked, unsure of allies. 
McClellan arose and began to pray. 
Months without stop, the beds were all a fray, 
the day seemed like no other, a blue sky 
sleeping, inspecting the water supply. 
Soldiers unaware of their fate that day. 


A single cannon emitted its shot 
Blunt fires spread like bleak radiation 
The screeches from the wounded were all naught. 
Pierced bodies hit the ground with vibration. 


Twenty-two thousand, seven seventeen. 
Their blood reddened the grass, no longer green.

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