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Game of The Dark Angel
June 29, 2016
The chess master sits down
And moves the pawn
The game is unfair
That piece is now gone
But all that matters is to win
Regardless of the price
Soon as the game begins
The player predicts the sacrifice
Yet somewhere far away
In a big green tank
One man does not want to play
He has the master to thank
This man spends his life
Surrounded by much danger
He sleeps with a knife
Spends the day killing strangers
In chess one must save the queen
But a soldier is no figurine
No game is the thing called war
Pieces lost cannot be restored
© Claire V., Lubbock, TX
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The Dark Angel is a typical nickname for death, and that is what war is about. It is hurting innocent people while those who call for it never go off to fight themselves. This poem is symbolic of the cruelty of war, and how the system is twisted in so many ways. Many people feel pressured to fight in order to have a job or receive and education, and that it so extremely heartbreaking and unfair.