When Is Enough Enough? Poem by Denis Martindale

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We've had so many wars, and yet
Diseases killed some more,
When I turn on my TV set,
I sometimes see the gore.
I see a world dragged down in debt
That leaders still ignore,
And here am I, filled with regret,
As if life's such a chore.
Man's had his share of accidents,
And beds in hospitals,
Read prophecies of mad events
Despite God's miracles,
A world war comes, yet none repents,
Men stare as each bomb falls,
This wicked world has lost all sense
No wonder it appals.

Denis Martindale. April 2021.