10,000 Bombs

 

last night i heard that we have

dropped

10,000 bombs on the people of afghanistan

who we care about, but who happen to be

in the wrong

place at the wrong time.

some of the bombs have hundreds of

baby bombs...they call them

bomblets.

and they look like

the food packages that land in the mine fields and contain

things

like strawberry jam

and pop tarts

and little napkins....

wouldn't want them to get their fingers sticky

before

we explode them.

after all,

unlike them, we are

A Civilized Nation.

our leader, who should know, after all,

says

we are a good people - warm and caring.

but look in the mirror and

see

the face

of the monster

that is

US.

 

~ Eli ~

 

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