Category Archives: poem poetry, tank, war, anti-war, satire

APOLOGIA (POUR LE
KAMPFWAGEN)

sorry for
pissing

down
the barrel
of your tank

it is a beautiful tank,
let me
be the first
to admit it:

caterpillar tracks
reverse
      forward gears
reactive
armour
   (or do you
call it “armor”?)

so beautiful
so precise

I do
not, did not
wish to deride

just mar
its beauty

sully
it forever

least I can do