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I think everyone noticed by now that I am doing the poetry corner every other week; 2 editions per month. The reason for this is because other projects are taking up a lot of my time. I am currently writing for:
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Now back to business, well sort of because it is mostly fun for me 🙂
Today I will feature a sort of poem from my science fiction book called Astronomical. It is a space adventure but with an anti-utopian theme. I don’t want to give most away but I will put some of the story in to so you can get the context of it. Please decipher what you read and leave a comment please. I am really curious to what you guys think of it. Well let’s get to it…
Oh, thanks again for all of the support!
*Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Astronomical
Colonel Harrison walked out. He closed the door behind him and wondered about his mission. He strolled down the corridor and read up on the other crew members. He smiled inwardly. He couldn’t get the thoughts of war out of his mind or the talks of vengeance and death. Nexus Jor seemed so foreign to him, like a distant relative calling out of the blue or a new flavor of ice cream from a candy stand; it was just not normal. He realized such thoughts were not for a soldier to have, especially an honored officer of the Space Core. He pushed his thoughts to the back of his mind and hopefully they would be forgotten.
But what was never forgotten was the song that he had heard during basic training. The same damn song that played at night and all night. All night long it echoed off of the blank walls, the two way windows and the marble blue floor. It endorsed the duty of men or so it was told to him by his commanding sergeant. Those speakers kept the words humming. Those speakers were more determined to condition good officers, more so than the human element. You see, machines never question orders but humans have the potential to, which made them more fragile. The words were smoothing once he was older, more seasoned and of course more loyal to the Core…..
♫♫Listen good solider
Don’t think ahead
Listen to the Commanders
From the books you read.
March good solider
March to the land
Listen for the howling
Of the Viking clans.
Listen good solider
Listen very well
Once a brave solider
We’ll never touch Hell
Learn good soldier
Learn what you can
Memorize your enemy
To break their stand
Kill good soldier
Kill all the weak
Make sure they fear you
While they bleed
Love good soldier
Love the Core
Blessed are the men
Who never ask for more♫♫?
Reminds me of the Two Minute Hate and other slogans and chants in George Orwell’s 1984.
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Cool. Funny enough, I thought about Orwell’s military service when he was fighting in the Spanish Civil war
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Been awhile bud. I hope all is well! 🙂
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Appreciate it a man it has been a while. Hope you are doing good as well
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Thanks man. Same ole over here. 😉
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