Napalm searing flesh; heroin and marijuana
Attacking the fragile human body when there
Were no bullets in the neighborhood; shrieking
Shredding darkness as young men are destroyed
By post-traumatic stress; the Viet Cong and their
Brothers from the North honoring Ho Chi Minh
While Presidents and a Secretary of Defense
Tell lies and send 50,000 plus to their deaths.
While
Stan the Man and the Mick smash the harmless
Ball and the Left hand of God and Mad Dog
Throw darts and curves, not hand grenades;
The offense scores runs and steals bases,
As opposed to piling up the dead by robbing
Them of breath and blood; records are broken
Rather than bones and hearts; every game
Begins with an ironic military anthem but
That’s preferable to listening to “Taps”;
Those in uniform are cheered by fans of
Baseball rather than pUt upon by those
Not fans of an unjustifiable war. One world is
Sanity while the other thrives on Madness.
How can two worlds exist in the same
Atmosphere? I’ll tell you this: baseball
Is still played but the managers of that war
Have been relegated to the swamps of
History. It may take time but peace
Always stands fast and conquers war…
But at what a cost!!!