Eighty-three years before 2001
was 1918
seventeen years after 2001
is 2018
and it’s now been
100 years since the armistice
100 years since there was peace between nations
100 years since the war to end all wars ended
100 years since the great war ended
100 years since the people rejoiced
and the great war lasted 4 years, 3 months, and two weeks
but America was only involved for 1 year, 7 months, and 6 days
just 585 days
just over 19 months
that Americans were fighting
and dying
in the war to end all wars
but it didn’t
and there have been too many to count
since November 11th 1918
a 19 month long war
is what we called the great war
the war to end all wars
but we’ve currently been in Afghanistan
for more than 10 times as long…
and we’ve currently been in Iraq
for nearly 10 times as long
as we were involved in World War One
and it’s been 205 months in Afghanistan
two-hundred and five months in Afghanistan
(if you don’t count CIA involvement
and Bill Clinton dropping bombs)
and it’s been 187 months in Iraq
one-hundred and eighty-seven months in Iraq
(if you don’t count CIA involvement & sanctions & the first Gulf war
and Bill Clinton dropping Bombs)
occupying and bombarding the countryside
terrorizing and traumatizing the people
bringing hell to the the mountains
bringing hell to the desert
bringing hell to the villages and the cities
killing far more people than we can count
killing far more people than we can imagine
but imagine for a moment
what it would be like
it the war to end all wars
had indeed…
but there was just too much greed
there was just too much money to be made
there were just too many markets
to be opened up for democracy
so, battle hymns had to be played
over and over and over and over and over
and flag draped boxes still arrive at Dover
and, though its a fraction of the casualties of World War One
it’s still somebody’s daughter,
and somebody’s son
and, though technology has kept the flag draped boxes to a minimum
and there’s no trench warfare
and predator drones do the work of soldiers more and more,
for the ones we call collateral damage,
it’s still good old fashion,
deadly,
awful
ungodly
horrific
profit-driven
war
as we kill more and more civilians
every single day
and will you lay a wreath for them
this Armistice Day?
soitgoes1984 