Poppies Red

As poppies sway 
Upon the breeze
Warm in the summers sun
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Their silken petals
Fluttering 
Speak
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These words for
Everyone
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"Our colour is the blood you shed
And when the battles done
You'll learn one day that petals red
Mean wars are never won"
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Egal Bohen
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September 2008
(Photo: Magnus Manske)