Crayons and Carnage

Green smoke

Red sky

Blue tongues

Teeth grind

Boots in the mud

Chalk on the teeth

Field rations gone

But the wax runs deep

Laugh in the gunfire

Chewing on shame

Rainbow of madness

Dripping from fangs

Rifle and rations

Pockets of shards

Orange on the fingertips

Bitten-down hearts

Smear the box label over the plate

"Non-toxic" scrawled on a jaw clenched with hate

Crayons and carnage

Colors in the gore

Bite down on battle

Taste the art of war

Crayons and carnage

Wax along the gun

Mouth full of madness

We eat the dying sun

Purple on the palate

Grit between gums

Snapping each stick like enemy lungs

Smoke in the trenches

Ash in the eyes

Yellow on the dog tags

Melted disguise

Mess hall is empty

Wrapper and shell

Brown in the coffee

Red under nails

Grinning in formation

Frost on the lips

Blue blood and pigment

War-painted spit

Circle around the ammo crate

Pass the box

Pick your fate

Camouflage

Candy

Chaos blend

One more stick

And the world distends

Chew the fear

Grind the wax

Black flag rising

Jawline cracks