The Fall of the Ten Thousand
ten thousand yellowed leaves,
each a mortal distance
from the ground.
Through the window,
I see another one is down.
When this war is over,
frightened blood-sick soldiers
will contemplate their deeds,
then count them all.
Through the window,
I see another one is down,
another one . . . is down.
October 7, 2006
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