Perfume of war

Dog eating a dead cat

Hog carcasse engorges rat

Savor the taste

Flavor of waste

Flies drone over bone and meat

Be sure to weigh the ones you eat

Breathe in the dripping stench

Vulture clouds, shadows blocking sun, fall in a drench

Shroud becomes a revenant's shawl

Perfume of a dead rose covers all

Reviews

[Buddhistboy73]

A dark poem about decay and rotting of life here my WC friend...

You bring the detritus of life alive here.....

Thanks for sharing this intriguing poem...

BB73

[Soren]

Thank you so much for the read and comment it is deeply appreciated.

[RomaJ]

The poem’s stark imagery captures how war feeds on itself--turning decay into a kind of grotesque beauty. “Perfume of a dead rose” perfectly evokes how destruction is masked by false nobility.

[Soren]

Thank you so much for the read and understanding interpretation it is most appreciated