Sunday, December 18

Killing Conscience


No Fear: Memory Adjustment Pills Get Pentagon Push

We kill enemies
In Iraq, Afghanistan
Men who hide in deserts and mountains,
In urban wastelands and crowded homes

We kill civilians
At frantic checkpoints,
Amidst blinding noise from helicopters and speeding cars,
Or women who bed down with terrorists;
Children who play with landmines or dance into the path of bullets

We kill fear
When bombs and guns vanish
Replaced with Little League and shopping malls
Tiny red pills banish anxiety
Massacre memories


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