The Musters For War is a poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers for the month of March
The Musters For War
Mustering their courage,
mustering their faith,
collecting together
ready to charge,
ready to fight,
ready to kill,
ready to die
ordered
in order
they’re ready to go.
These vassals
and workers
obeying the king
obeying their lord,
obeying their masters
obeying them all.
So strangers kill strangers,
friends die the same.
It’s when they pass muster
that death makes the call
to muster the ordered
at his command.
And when they pass muster,
that’s when they’ll charge
and that’s when they die
over and over
over and out
in order
when ordered
again and again
and again and again
again and again and again.
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