12/30

'41
The bomb dropped
exploding 
sending shrapnel
into everyone's lives

Newlyweds
off to war
Not even 2 weeks in

Making first love in
a row boat under
voyeur Moon

Sharing tiny
1 bedroom apartment
with another
doomed couple

life lived in
stolen moments
a whole 24 hours
or
four 6 hour segments?

How long can
we make the love
stretch out?

How long before one
of us is
snuffed out?

Cigarette smoke clings
to the hostile air
and human ash
swirls in the wind

Making love and war