Mỹ Lai 5 - The Whitewash Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

The Mỹ Lai Massacre
Of Nineteen Sixty Eight.

Army Major Colin Powell,
conducted an investigation
and reported that relations
between American soldiers
and the Vietnamese people
were excellent.
A blatant lie
that chose to cover up
and sweep the war crimes
under the carpet.

That Liar Powell rose to the position of
United States Secretary of State
reveals the flaws still prevalent
in the system.

He said shamelessly, "In war,
these sorts of horrible things happen
every now and again,
but they are still to be deplored.'

In 2018, the US acknowledged
that Powell did aid
whitewashing the atrocities.