Calculus
One man says you will
go now to take
my place and kill for me
because I have declared it so.
You will go to the enemy
of our precious country
to march and burn all you see
in a caldron of hell.
Another man looks at
dope in the hood and shoots
a man who would
sell his precious daughter heroin.
Wherein,
he finds himself in prison for life
to march and pace through all he sees
in a caldron of hell.
Who decides who will kill ...
When is it murder
in the guise of patriotic will
shouting in maniacal fervor,
"Take that hill, take that hill!"
Here, take a medal instead
to become emblazoned
on your imprisoned chest
full of dead guilt and shame
marching ...
always marching, moving, dying
and crying in a caldron ...
Copyright © Sue Mason | Year Posted 2007
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