A Tactical Retreat

His response to the general’s calls

is to wave A Farewell to Arms.

Leaves the war zone and flees

Across the River and into the Trees.

And while he runs he’s asking why

and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

He’s witnessed Death in the Afternoon,

in the small hours of a moonless night,

in the morning when The Sun Also Rises

and what seemed a dream or a nightmare

is real and True at First Light.

It has been The Dangerous Summer

to be followed by a perilous winter;

To Have and Have Not proper food

will be crucial to peoples’ survival.

Much better to desert these shores

and go in search of The Garden of Eden.

It will represent A Moveable Feast  

for a tormented migratory bird.

© Luigi Pagano 2015