This poem is taken from PN Review 163, Volume 31 Number 5, May - June 2005.
Don't Mention the War
'the Scharnhorst doesn't look so Gneisenau'
Cartoon slogan
Graf Spee
For a kid, the surreal
must have kicked in early,
in its argentine polish of absurdity
managing to put
scuttle alongside Plate.
The Spitfire
Other
deathly
machines
appeared
beautiful
...
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