A soldier wearily reconnoiters,
Unscopeable defilade blankets him,
A sightline opening unencumbered,
Paratroopers envelop egress outs,
Fire away projectile unstoppable,
Insurgency targeted, faceless foe,
A bullets momentum indiscreetly,
Disemboweling rapidly, swiftly dead,
The escape quietly organizes,
Military discipline orders it.

***
Hot

The desert calls to no man
Dunes replete with bleached white bones
Endless waves of sand, one color, one sound
Anonymous, nameless expanse
Scorched and blistered rock faces
Seared rage sweltering, holding fire
Motionless specter, sighting
Opportunity, egress clear
JAR triggered,
Directed,
Away…silently

*****

I can't find "The Dance with Death." I'll look for it at lunch.
The first one was in response to a DFA poetry challenge. Note the syllable count per line, it’s a helix.