Weekly Poem: 'Against War Movies'

**By Jehanne Dubrow** I see my husband shooting in _Platoon_, and there he is again in _M*A*S*H_ (how weird to hear him talk like Hawkeye Pierce), and soon I spot him everywhere, his body smeared with mud, his face bloodied. He's now the star of every ship blockade and battle scene-- _The Fighting 69th_, _A Bridge Too Far_, _Three Kings_, _Das Boot_, and _Stalag 17_. In _Stalingrad_ he's killed, and then he's killed in _Midway_ and _A Few Good Men_. He's burned or gassed, he's shot between the eyes, or shoots himself when he comes home again. Each movie is a training exercise, a scenario for how my husband dies.   "Jehanne Dubrow":http://www.jehannedubrow.com/ is the author of three poetry collections: "The Hardship Post," "From the Fever-World" and most recently "Stateside," which is an exploration of the long history of military wives waiting for their husbands to return from war. Dubrow, who is married to an officer in the U.S. Navy, is an assistant professor in creative writing and literature at "Washington College":http://www.washcoll.edu/. See her previous Weekly Poem, "Nonessential Equipment," "here":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/04/weekly-poem-nonessential-equipment.html.