Jim Murray

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And Then We Forget

And Then We Forget

And Then We Forget

Today we acknowledge that war is hell.
Then tomorrow it's back to business as usual
Because war is more than just hell.
It's commerce too
The war machine in every country
Is a key part of the jobs machine
and the economy machine
So much machinery to keep lubricated
So many soldiers to feed into it
Nothing more than fodder and funerals
And twenty one gun salutes.

And once a year we go all
thoughts and prayers
And we feel the second hand anguish
And we thank them for their service
Then we all move on as if it never happened.
And like the prophet says
We have become comfortably numb
It's just something we watch on the news
Or discuss over coffee
And one lousy day a year,

We give it a moment of silence
And we wear our paper poppy
And then we forget. Writing
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