The enemies

from Stolen words by A painful case

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THE ENEMIES
by Elizabeth Jennings

Last night they came across the river and 
Entered the city. Women were awake 
With lights and food. They entertained the band, 
Not asking what the men had come to take 

Or what strange tongue they spoke 
Or why they came so suddenly through the land.  

Now in the morning all the town
is filled With stories
of the swift and dark invasion; 
The women say that not
one stranger told 
A reason for his coming.

The intrusion  
Was not for devastation: 
Peace is apparent still on hearth and field.  

Yet all the city is a haunted place. 
Man meeting man speaks cautiously. Old friends 
Close up the candid looks upon their face. 
There is no warmth in hands accepting hands; 
Each ponders, 'Better hide myself in case 
Those strangers have set up their homes in minds  
I used to walk in. Better draw the blinds 
Even if the strangers haunt in my own house'.

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from Stolen words, released August 31, 2015
Gwynn - voice
Robert Mascolo - music

mixed by Alfredo De Pietra

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