Night Ambush

Submitted by Ron Nash

Daylight fades…darkness

hushed stillness

impatiently waiting

weapons ready

raging adrenaline flows

overtaxed souls.

Suitably trained

Rangers!

America’s cream

plotting…planning

certain death,

jungle warfare.

Dense timberland

concealment, cover

sweltering heat

eon-moments

tremulous thoughts

hover death angel.

Enter mosquitoes…

One hundred thousand strong

antagonists

malaria-armed-wings

mount the attack

warriors mutely wait

Steadfast…the kill-zone.

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