Nobody

I am Nobody: no name on my grave in the Veterans’ Cemetery -- not even certain if all parts match – those bombs really had no personal objective when targeting and dispatched – Their bull’s eyes~ all Enemy. I am Nobody; don’t earn a lot, after your release from the hospital, once healed, you never met the EMT who feverishly pumped life into your failing lungs, during your rushed, siren screaming journey through unyielding traffic -- probably never thanked the nurse in the ER, with a name-tag, often gone unread – Oh, you met the doctor, who earns all the big bread – He has a noble title – he has lauded fame – unlike Nobodies more or less, diminutive the same – just Nobody -- the Nobodies who build the bridges repair the roads pickup the garbage often given little more mention than prince-less pond toads – when I croak, Just a slimy soak – in society, most Nobodies die broke – soggy, irrelevant pond splashes – Only rich when considering love...