Rally For Peace Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

Slovenly protesters begin the long march
waving the usual banners one sees
time and again

No war for oil!

Then they go home to a warm apartment
parking the van in a heated garage

The guy next to me on the sidewalk
says, 'Protests about Vietnam ended
as soon as the draft did - why? '

Human nature I suppose
only stupid soldiers unaware
of who writes history
fight on

as my pacifist friend asserts
equating Nazis with today's
stupid soldiers