Orwell's truth: 'a revolutionary act'

After the fall

By Mike Marcellino

In a time of universal deceit –

telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell

                                                         

Stolen quotes

stolen hours.

Together,

day and night

frozen by time

after the fall.

A knight cold

in amour,

drinking

Irish whiskey

riding after

a girl of twenty

away

in a vegan powered bus to Omaha.

Stolen quotes

stolen hours

together,

day and night

frozen by time

after the fall.

Anarchists hidden

in castles of fog,

on grey naked fields

of Midi-Pyrénées

and the Counts of Toulouse

after the fall.

After the fall, Copyright 2008 by Mike Marcellino

A soldier's song

The walls of fire
By Mike Marcellino

The walls of fire
grow higher
higher,
pools of blood
carnage
bodies of brothers
touching -
rock cliffs and open fields,
Hornet’s Nest at Shiloh,
Devil’s Den, Gettysburg.

The walls of fire
grow higher
higher,
pools of blood
carnage,
bodies of brothers
touching -
sea to shining sea
lost in the Argonne forest
face down on beaches at Normandy,
frozen by the waters
of Chosin Reservoir.

The walls of fire
grow higher
higher,
pools of blood
carnage,
bodies of brothers
touching -
paddies, highlands
Nui Ba Dinh, the Black Virgin Mountain
Ashau Valley,
along the perimeter of Khe Sanh.

The walls of fire
grow higher,
higher
pools of blood,
carnage
bodies of brothers
touching -
empty deserts
filled with giant rising suns,
Fallujah rooftops,
unknown streets of Sadr City
barren mountains,
caves of Tora Bora.

The walls of fire
grow higher
higher
pools of blood,
carnage
bodies of brothers
touching.

The walls of fire copyright by Mike Marcellino 2009