the year I became a Nazi

by Lawrence George / August 24th, 2025

was seamless
i just stopped caring
about anything
outside of myself

outside of my boots

i paid taxes, legit

i flew imaginary
attack helicopters
over real people
i dropped 2000 pound
cgi bombs
on scared, starving, illusory

actual, living breathing human beings

i relaxed, reclined
drank coffee

at Starbucks

i pretended the children

were dolls

i held everything in
Lawrence George is a Los Angeles based musician/actor/writer. He mostly sleeps and dreams in closets, under stair cases, and in cargo vans. Read other articles by Lawrence.

This article was posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.