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Next of Kin Have Been Informed
but Should Refrain
from Asking Questions

Copyright R. N. Taber 2010

What do people mean when they talk about
the integrity of war?

Is it a comment on the neatness of body bags
laid out in line?

Or maybe they are referring to injured people
rising above despair?

Can it be they mean the finer principles of war
have been upheld?

(Doesn’t everyone do their best to keep friendly
fire incidents to a minimum?)

Maybe our generals court integrity for strategies
of ‘win some, lose some’?

Can it be politicians promote their own integrity
to win elections?

Maybe it’s all about being polite, discreet, about
to whom the spoils of war?

I asked a soldier who lost an arm and a leg in Iraq
but he just shrugged

Maybe (the soldier said) I should ask the orphans
and widows...on both sides?

Lots of questions and not nearly enough answers
or right ones



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