War haikus

Five haikus about past and modern wars

Stars
Sirens tore the sky.
In the blackout, a boy
Finally saw stars.

Smote
Buried in the trench,
In deep darkness, he looked up
And saw Eärendel.

Escape
Escaping prison,
He returned back to the trenches:
Home sweet home.

Boom
A mouse on a drone—
The pilot shakes it off, flies;
Far off: a split scream.

Deluge
In the flooded trench,
Shivering and laughing, the soldiers
Point at the rubber duckie.