A BRIEF HISTORY OF A 9 YEAR OLD BOY'S SECOND WORLD WAR

the evil drone of
Heinkels ...Messerschmitts
"Ack-ack-ack..!"

the darkness
answers back
fear & fascination

the small boy
plucking them out of a sky
in his mind's eye

identifying  their shapes
clocking their markings
"I AM DEATH!" they say

his auntie's house
nowhere to be seen
the next morning

being comforted
that she's in Heaven
God uneasy in His world

Daddy a pilot man
who stayed up in the sky
because he died

auntie and daddy
lost in the night
with all the Heinkels ...Messerschmitts

making up curse words
when he let in a goal
playing on bomb sites

"Focke-Wulf
Focke-Wulf
FOCKE-WULF!"