maybe you are a woman
or identify as one
though in these times
it seems unlikely
you may be president
you may be a man/boy/
you may be thinking that
you may be a killing machine
studying leaves underfoot
and learning
to hoot like barn owls
becoming accustomed
to the awkwardness of thirst
to the unrecalled discomfort
of hunger
memories of ease of quiet
times when people
shook hands first and
said yes meaning yes
and not no
if so write this down:
weapons are a cold-war
expression isn’t the key in
making a world so safe
that no one needs them
(c) 2018, by Hannah Six
Original image: U.S. Navy
Naval Aviation News September 1963
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