[Newspoetry] War vs Sex

[Clint Popetz]

[Author's note: scotch involved.  Discretion advised.]


war vs sex:
   no holds barred

sex, hands down  

sure, war has the really loud noises
 shrapnel crushing toddler skulls
 bombs vaporizing families planning weddings
 
but sex has those subtle sounds
 soft, almost imperceptible
 or sudden, of strange frequency

and war has the media
 renaming, refocusing, adjusting, aligning

but the media can't touch 
 what sex does to perception

for taste, it's pretty even.
 tears and sweat taste salty
 regardless of impetus 

now the smells of war can impress
 sulpher
 vomit
 urine

but the smells of sex...

  I'm sorry, what was the question again?