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Swordplay

John Grey

He boasts a sword
from the Civil War.
Souvenir of an ancestor,
it takes pride of place in his den.
No bodies of the dead,
just the cold implement
that someone wielded,
others never saw coming.
“Feel that,” he says,
pointing to the blade.
“That’s history.”
The handle is immaculately carved.
The edge is blunted by age.
Once wielded in battle,
now fastened to a wall
between a family photo
and a frame print of a landscape.
Peace has to start somewhere.

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