yada yada (:

okayyyyyyyyyyyy i know posts like this bore readers, but anyways came across this poem today. thought i’d like to share (: dont read if you’re not interested in stuff like this, but i personally enjoyed reading this poem alot. and thinking along the way.

 

The War Works Hard
by Dunya Mikhail
Translated by Elizabeth Winslow

How magnificent the war is!

How eager

and efficient!

Early in the morning

it wakes up the sirens

and dispatches ambulances

to various places

swings corpses through the air

rolls stretchers to the wounded

summons rain

from the eyes of mothers

digs into the earth

dislodging many things

from under the ruins...

Some are lifeless and glistening

others are pale and still throbbing...

It produces the most questions

in the minds of children

entertains the gods

by shooting fireworks and missiles

into the sky

sows mines in the fields

and reaps punctures and blisters

urges families to emigrate

stands beside the clergymen

as they curse the devil

(poor devil, he remains

with one hand in the searing fire)...

The war continues working, day and night.

It inspires tyrants

to deliver long speeches

awards medals to generals

and themes to poets

it contributes to the industry

of artificial limbs

provides food for flies

adds pages to the history books

achieves equality

between killer and killed

teaches lovers to write letters

accustoms young women to waiting

fills the newspapers

with articles and pictures

builds new houses

for the orphans

invigorates the coffin makers

gives grave diggers

a pat on the back

and paints a smile on the leader's face.

It works with unparalleled diligence!

Yet no one gives it

a word of praise.

 

on a sidenote, am looking forward to kranji war memorial trip next thurs. (: ooh and invest tmrw! (: hahahah to a certain someone, i’ll be watching you from upstairs ;D anyways the councillors and all the SLs have put in a lot of effort for this, i hope things will turn out great! (: eh the last sentence sounded like sarah’s ._.

whoop dont know what else to post already (: oh did i mention i was late for school four times in two weeks? ay. math talk at NUS was quite interesting really. i enjoyed going to the campus and seeing people/stuff (: wonder how life will be like next time. cannot imagine leh!

our class was reeeeeaalllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy quiet today. why? yup you guessed it! huier wasnt around :D hope she gets well soon!!! she needs to, by hook or by crook, anyway. (: i kindof missed her today. kindof only. (;

g’night everybody (:

less war, more love!