Hello mother hello father
\nthis is Johnny in Iraq
\ndon’t you know the ears are growing
\nphone calls to and from ‘other countries’
\ninclude Iraq
\nand mother’s sons and daughters
\nwe can tell you we are lonely
\nbut not, we want, to come home
\nyou can tell us that you miss us
\nbut if you tell us come home, they will brig us
\ndemote us degrade us but never let us
\nconsciously object to following orders
\nIraq quagmire is our quagmire
\nwe can’t tell you, of the thousands
\nof us
\nMASHed out of duty from disease
\nyou can’t tell us of the 18 new bodies found in New Orleans
\nyesterday and more days after Katrina
\nthe body count, mysteriously stays, at 1,422
\noh poor Uncle Sam
\nhow did we let them make you, the eyes and ears of the world
\nand our bedrooms
\nhow did right get it so wrong
\nmother father when you find me
\nstanding trial at Nuremberg will it still be
\n“Following orders is not an excuse.”<\/p>\n
Shazoom it worked!
\nFear returns to so many
\nthe mind controllers set off pipe bombs in tiny communities
\nprotesters numbers shrink exponentially
\nbut the candle’s wick is longer
\nbrighter insistent warmer
\nshades of Edward R. Murrow
\nwho will fill his shoes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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