CHINOOK
with its rotivation of air
this big thing hangs, a violation
threatening the eye of a storm
in its punctuation .
Hearts beat rotorwise.
It takes blood stock and uniform, pride
to places no decent man should go
and always, yet never alone in the immediate place.
The drum explodes, nothing is expected
that can be tasted nor heard
but a song of the vanquished, the refrain absurd.
C Byrne
Fri 17th Jul 2015 10:50
Did you read the report from a few years back which said there's more Chinooks in Odiham than in Helmand?
Enjoying your work.