I hated those night excursions,
our incursions into unknown territory
sometimes ended up pretty gory.
We tape up our loose stuff
& go creeping,
could slip in anywhere
to set up our killing machinery.
We were way better in total pitch
& not under the full moon.
But it really didn't matter,
'cause we had the edge,
wore strange
looking-contraptions
to see green.
Any movement
was scrutinized
to the extreme.
I'll never forget the report
& sometimes the screams
of the ones who
never got away.