The Silver-Haired Generals

Silver-haired generals gather to tell us why; yet they skip questions – salute into the TV camera. Mother askes: “Who are these silver-haired gentlemen wearing a uniform similar to your brothers? “They are the Country Mom”, I say, they are the men that appropriate the exact number of body bags so that there is never any waste, for that would be a waste wouldn’t it mom”? Mother nods then shakes her head, as if trying to understand.