The War by Jose Hernandez Diaz

for James Tate

The war was not real. The war did not take my head off. The war was never in the streets. The war as a mask. The war was a laughing game. A cakewalk. A crying game. The war was nothing. The war all around. The war never ended. The war inside the mind. The war with the walls. The war with the government. The war with the government of walls. The war. The war and the night. The war of all-time. The all-time war. The war all the time. The world at war. The war of the civilized death cults. The war and the flame. The war. The war. The roar of the war that wore me at night.