A poem about the haunted war correspondent Paul Watson
This poem is from Dan O’Brien’s 'New Life,' which is now available.
This poem is from Dan O’Brien’s New Life, which is now available. (You might remember that a coupla years ago, I did an item on his previous book.)
This poem is from Dan O’Brien’s New Life, which is now available. (You might remember that a coupla years ago, I did an item on his previous book.)
The War Reporter Paul Watson Describes His Character
Feeling like a dead guest on a talk show
Couch with more dead guests and a dead host who
Entertain a studio audience
of the dead, all for the invisible
dead who watch at home. But sometimes at night
he’ll still dream of life. With so many friends
gone — what could be the reason? His penance
is reporting, but redemption will come
from dropping out, giving up, whenever
he finds the courage.
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Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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