Goats

Goats

A Poem by Baby Ricochet
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Based on something I did and shouldn't have.

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Goat skull splinters open
Brains fly like after burner mist
Tangled in razor blade wires
I was to close to miss
Tar shack outhouse mascarade
The Commandant's icey stare
What were we doing in this place
Did anyone even care

© 2013 Baby Ricochet


Author's Note

Baby Ricochet
It happened in the shittyist place on earth, Afghanistan. This sick ass goat kept coming around our base and getting tangled in our wire (fence) so we had to go out, get it untangled and repair the damage. Finally the goat pissed me off so I shot it. The local elders got wind of the incident and made a big stink about it and I got into a shit load of trouble. For shooting the sorryest looking goat you'd ever care to see. It was a low point in my time in the corps

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Pax
it must be a very bad day for you at that time...
maybe the local elders was mad because i think i have heard here they have a proper way to kill an animal or its just that that goat is still useful to them like their milk... a very nice work here!

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

The local elders saw an opportunity to get something for nothing from us and they did. We gave them .. read more
I like cartoon goats. those are cute. I guess real ones are total pains... nice poem, great imagery and rhyming. i guess sometimes the right thing to do is not the proper thing to do, eh? the Middle East can be quite a bit picky on things... (not that I know too much on Afghanistan though)

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Afghanistan is in central Asia. It's North of Pakistan which is north of India. Iraq is in the middl.. read more
Lina Grey

11 Years Ago

really? I feel like my teacher lied to me...my teacher in a Global Studies Academy where they should.. read more
I've never been to afghanistan, but it sounds horrible. Goat cheese is okay though. You should have milked it first, unless it had already curdled in it's breasts on account of being sick.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

It was rather spur of the moment the f*****g thing s**t on me while we were trying to get it untangl.. read more
Well done. I was hoping it would turn into a poem ;-)

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Thank you
oh, poor little goat, but if it kept getting tangled in wires, it might have died from getting stuck with a sharp wire, anyways if you hadn't shot it

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Probably. Thank you for the review
I'd rather shoot a goat than a human being . . . you should've said "Look what God has provided" and had goat for dinner

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

That f*****g goat looked and smelt like a zombie
Kaylor Mason

11 Years Ago

Well . . . maybe you could've ground him up and made some kind of poison or something, to give to th.. read more
Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Lol
Probably not the best move, considering their beliefs.... but like Michael G. said, there have been worse things done. Nice poem.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Thank you.
That_Girl

11 Years Ago

Welcome.
There have been worse things done, in the name of efficiency... and in the spirit of the Corps. But I'm sure some lt. took exception.
I'm surprised someone didn't skin it and got out the BBQ sauce.
Good write, BR.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Considering our supply problems and we were eating mres most of the time yes. We knew there would be.. read more
Another interesting write.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Thank you
Haha yeah they take their goat business seriously, it's considered as a sacred animal of offering for them. But yeah you did what you felt was right, put it out of it's misery for maybe it was hurting itself too whiles entering. Whatever it was, it helped you create this cool piece. I liked it.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Baby Ricochet

11 Years Ago

Thank you

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