Patrick Walsh served four years on active duty as an infantry officer in the 25th Infantry Division. He led a rifle platoon and served as battalion adjutant and rifle company executive officer. His poems have appeared in journals and newspapers both here and abroad, including Barrow Street, The Christian Science Monitor, Chronogram, Evergreen Review, The Hudson Review, The Malahat Review, Poetry New Zealand, Press, Quadrant, and THE SHOp. His freelance articles have been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Princeton Packet, and U.S. 1 newspaper.
A gun is a mechanical device used to punch holes in people and other animals in order to kill them. I list humans first since “anti-personnel” weapons, as military firearms…