pornography of weapons
on the page
what they inflict
see the blade?
curve of trigger
barrel’s deep plunge
sphere of grenade
imagine the blood
a tank
a wank
a way to outflank
enemies
fire in the belly
a hole
torn
fabric of life
shorn
covet these
objects
of war
don’t touch
whore
where is
mother love
or
woman’s touch
in such
violence
displayed
Photo by Vladimir Palyanov on Unsplash
clairevetica 
Awesome 👏
Powerful. Great opening line: “Pornography of weapons”. The pornography of violence is not nearly as ridiculed as they pornography of nudity when the latter can cause much more physical damage. Fantastic thoughts and words here.
Thankyou. This poem was inspired by looking at my kids’ Star Wars books – there are pages of lovingly crafted weapons shown there – and this is a book for kids! Something so wrong when it’s ok to look at instruments of death but not the instruments of life!!
Niiiice