"courage is spread on a Procrustean bed of let us and cowardice..."Perfectly seasoned with archetypal themes of the human condition, this provocative smorgasbord of poems has been skillfully seined from the pools of history, literature, theology, and science. Michael Burns has fermented the fetid fruits of war and tapped the stench into a robust and complex vintage of poetry. If Homer were here today he would drink a case of Burns. The tragedies of war are ineffable, and tether a shallow victory for its survivors. Those left struggling with PTSD know a soul-sucking hell that breathes only nightmares, the scent of terror, and the unforgettable sound of the dying...screaming for their mother and God. War is governed by illusions of power, and disorients man like a house of mirrors. It reflects ignorance and the darkness in Man gone feral. It is a place where the human compass fails, for war changes all the rules and like the wrath of Achilles...it can make a man go berserk. "After a...

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