by Robert M. Chute
Due to the emergence
of emergency medicine
helicopters
reconstructive surgery
and prosthetic engineering
with each new adventure
called war
more pieces of people come home
to be reassembled
although
inside their heads
intangible shrapnel still rattles
ragged fragments
of the innocent dead
rattle
and rattle
but it's all in their heads
we are told
it's all in their heads
Robert M. Chute has a book from JustWrite Books, Reading Nature, of poetry based on scientific articles, that is available from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.