Mark Stucky Poet Free verse

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Will Hegseth Know No Mercy?

Yesterday…
As a cherubic child, 
do you have grand dreams, Pete,
of becoming, when older (but not wiser),
famous world-over (as a war criminal)?

Today…
“No quarter, no mercy,” you say.
“Punching them while they’re down,
as it should be” and with 
“no stupid rules of engagement.”
To “provide quarter” ensures safety
of all combatants who surrender,
who lay down their arms,
with their hands in the air.
“No quarter” means to take no prisoners,
to execute on the spot all those vanquished,
without mercy, without justice, without due process
(like blowing-up Venezuelan boats),
a war crime by Geneva Conventions,
and war crimes got Nazis hung decades ago.
Yet now you brag about committing war crimes
while promoting reckless, endless war?

Tomorrow…
Years to come, on Judgment Day,
the cosmic Courtroom is full
of the formerly famous mighty
as well as those “following orders.”
Please take your seat, Pete,
next to jealous Nazis.

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