why did you join the legion?

to be chastened to bits
on a bed of rocks
with a herd of swine
leaking air like a pin-pricked lifebouy

to be one of the flock
grazing souls
or guarding a nuclear installation
on the muroroa atol
with a loaded weapon
and orders to kill
nursing my 15th hangover of the week
for the thrill of it
do i need a reason
to be honest i forgot what was the question
why did i join the legion?

to choke and be sick
on my mother tongue's mangled tit
to flee or not to flee
to see the sand the sand and bucket
to assail the dunes
to assault the sea
to saw the mast of the marie celeste
to count the cost to pay the debt
to go and get lost... 
to say go fuck it
why did i join the legion?

To recover to discover 
to repay a bad debt
to forget  - to forget!!!

to forget?

to forget.
to forget.
to forget.