Brian Turner's Poem 'Perimeter Watch'

The After Effects from Combat In Brian Turner’s poem, “Perimeter Watch”, a cautious solider returns to the comforts of their civilian home and community after serving in combat. Though their establishment is precisely the same as it was when they left; their own selves and inner thoughts are forever engraved with the routine(s), order(s) and repression of war. Therefore, making it difficult for the solider to grasp true reality. Within the night, the renewed civilian does a perimeter check thoroughly to secure their home. Turner illustrates the cautionary solider routine in the first stanza:
“I locked the doors tonight, check the bolts twice just to make sure. Turn off all the lights. Only the fan blades rotate above, slow as helicopters