0.5 caliber single shot smoothbore loading musket
you still smell of flint and blood.
i think yesterday john died
do you think his family even knows that he is dead
or does he rot beneath us?
how long do you think this war is going to last b/c sometimes
i feel myself rotting
& i am trying to be patient but i don’t think i have the will anymore to keep fighting.
daniel morgan asked me to shoot general fraser today and i am reloading my musket someplace in the trees.
“for saratoga” says he
“for america.”
maybe this is the beginning of a crescendo
presto
where we slow down then speed up again
then all disperse then all together.
maybe the shot from my
0.5 caliber single shot smoothbore loading musket
will transcend these woods of new york
to someplace in between providence and history.
heed our warning:
this may be a spark of flint and blood
but it will wage on as a forging fire.
heed my legacy:
they will call me an expert marksman someday on bronze plaques and monuments,
but now i am aiming my rifle at eye level
waiting
waiting
waiting.
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