Recruited by promises
of adventure, relief
from poverty
Patriotic feelings
manipulated
by martial music
Programmed to believe
this is what
real men do
Injected with toxic
vaccines... denied
the right to refuse the
needle.. not informed
even of the name of
the chemical
Being forced to rise
at dawn
or standing watch
all night
freezing or baking
hungry
tired
... legs cramped
and in pain
Tied to a rope
jerked by senior
officers...
forced to swallow
insults
low pay
treated as objects
... collateral damage
sacrificed for the
expansion of billionaires'
oil or copper markets
or killed in wars of
religious rivalry
ordered to kill
brothers of another
color
living out
a life as a blind man
or paraplegic
sometimes blown
apart beyond
all recognition
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem