It’s not as if

we have come that far from burning
witches and stretching perverts

on racks. In Iraq
they power drill people. 

I shouldn’t say “they” it’s not the Iraqis
it’s the Sunnis, or Al-Qaeda, or the Shiites
or who ever Fox News tells me it is—Shit.

I don’t know shit.

I’m not saying
American soldiers
haven’t done worce.

Haven't lost their ability
to close their eyes
and sleep in a body

that has never
been asked
to be

a weapon
a human shield
or the soul of a bomb.