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Epigraph:
2014 intercepted electronic communications, DOD…
aphorism identified as a threat to national security.
The aphorism envies the novel,
the novel, of course, envies the haiku
and the haiku envies the brief life of the leaf.
– Gen PJ Burke, U.S. Army War College
Authority is the kernel of riot
– Prof Emma Burg, LSE
War and Peace?
– Leo Bradley Tolstoy, Christian Agent in North Korea
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1The Department of Sand i "(Cpl Raymond Sands to Anthony Sands (brother)) With my surname, of course the bastards sent me to Iraq,", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; -
2The Department of Grease, MCB Camp Lejeune, NC i "(Pvt Peter Pitz to Terry McAnulty (high school auto teacher) ) Thought the Marines were a real big deal— I’m not", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; -
3Naval Intelligence Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti i "(Lt Margaret Tannis to Cecilia Breen (wife)) Joy rationed is hungry. I have a job", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; -
4ICBM Silo Great Falls, MT i "(Pvt 1st class Danny Thompson to Clarice Thurgood (girlfriend)) Your feet leave the ground when you dance", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; -
5Langley Air Force Base, VA i "(Col Jason Driggton to Emily Driggton (daughter)) Don’t trust the faith of those who failed to falter.", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; -
6Greensboro Vet Center, AL i "(Former Cpl David Alborsen suicide note) There is a sanctity in our best defeats", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; -
7Washington Navy Yard– Community Relations, DC i "(Senior Chief Petty Officer Rosa Trejos draft valedictory circulated to colleagues) 25 years expertise is your enemy.", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014;
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