Saturday, September 4, 2021

Ode To Joe


Ode To Joe
By Lord R.e. Taylor

You lived a long life
Have done so much
But you have a history
Four dead in your first life
Thirteen dead in your second
Did you care about them
Do you care about anything
Surely not about the hundreds left behind
I guess they never mattered
They were all just Americans
The people you swore to protect
The people who gave you your job
And the people who will remember
So, see if you have the job when they get angry
Maybe you will care about that

Dedicated to the memory of
all those lost in Afghanistan and Benghazi

© Poem – IX/IV/MMXXI


 

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