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The Reluctant Hero
by
Frank Blacharczyk
The loved
and the unloved the lost and the found
the amused
the confused and the misused
The crowd
grew like blades of grass becoming a faceless sound
The speaker
spoke of peace and prosperity and their enemies
The vision
of God the god he created
for the benefit of those who would believe anything
The silent
the nurtured the spoiled and the submissive
are bewitched and believing
A man hears
many voices in his head but fear is the loudest
looking around the exits were quickly disappearing
The reluctant hero
escaping fear’s security selfishness vanity
throwing sanity like a football
kicking television’s betrayal in its ungodly smile
“Who are these enemies?” asked the reluctant hero
The speaker cleared her throat
raising her hand and pointing with an ungodly smile
“you
you you and you…”
In the pit were swords shields spears skeletons
And the crowns of kings who sent them to die
Carved in stone written as heroes
with the same patriotic words repeated repeated repeated
And the children didn’t understand
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