Marion's Narration Poem by Seth Diamond

MARION'S NARRATION
ACT 1 SCENE 1


Y'all gather round me and listen clearly
I got a tale to tell
And so listen intently
It's about fighting and killing and my men
My Father and husband
Whom bless me amen.

When the leaders all say
We'll be back Christmas day
Then know the knowing wise
For the troops need you to sympathize
They will face massive demise
Before during and after
Christmas speeches from your pastor
The war's prognosis is hell and somber
The dead buried all together by machine grave digger.

Where my men fight is along the frontiers
A vast land where whole armies can pass another
And not hear the other's jeers

For moral it is still high
And the general's conceit obeys
The rules of leers
The commanders vanity shows only confidence, not tears
But hard tears will fall for four years.

So this story begins sadder than Poe
But that won't ruin the show
Because we have love and drama
To balance your trauma
And we'll keep you high on that
Instead of lost in woe.

OH! One more thing. My husband
Does not yet know I exist
So don't leak our little secret
And remember this above all else
In this tale like your own lives
Everything that comes to be is fate