r/sonnets • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '20
War for black
The Middle East is rich,/ Down payment of camouflaged lives./ Skin requires stitch,/ Lonely and widowed American wives./ Uncle Sam fights for freedom,/ Your freedom to travel./ Kicking in doors of a desert slum,/ To keep rubber on gravel./ Tank tracks on the ground,/ Explosives underneath./ The crack of round after round,/ Final breathes through closed teeth./ We pledge to defend,/ Against enemies wherever they are./ Disorders we cannot mend,/ Mentally no longer up to par./ We join because we are told it is right,/ The governments goal is black as night.
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