We have no heroes and no wars
only victims of a sickly state
succumbing to the variegated sores
the flower under lashing rains of hate.
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the poem is about those people who died at war and they wanted to be remembered. It also suggests that Africa is not an independent state.
this poem is interesting its about civilians who died during the war but not remembered it really gives a deeper meaning to us referring that the soldiers and the civilians have the same role to play