Cardinal Cox - When the telegram came

Poems

Death to Evnissyen

Drowning in suburbia

From the land in the lake's reflection

Money for the Colonels

No pimps, no pushers, no guns, no gangs.

When the telegram came

Poetry by Cardinal Cox

When the telegram came

She walked down to the lake

After reading of how, for country and King

Dress trailed in her wake

Tears fell upon her gold ring

After reading of how, for country and King

Her path lead through stark wood

Tears fell upon her gold ring

When she decided that she should

Her path lead through stark wood

For love now lies 'neath foreign soil

When she decided she should

End the drudge of daily toil

For love now lies 'neath foreign soil

Hopes buried in shallow mud

End the drudge of daily toil

Poppies grow a field of blood

Hopes buried in shallow mud

Takes little to drown an ache

Poppies grow a field of blood

She walked down to the lake.

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Cardinal Cox has been having his writings published in numerous small-press publications for twenty years. His poetry grew out of the bands he and his friends had as teenagers, one of which (Sonic Energy Authority) has found its way into the novels of a handful of sf authors.