Good citizens

clothes in the washer

wind in the trees

rain in the forecast

crows pick at roadkill

I’m in our side yard

thinking of soldiers on every side

good citizens following orders

from someone who does not fight

cannon fodder stripped of identity

kill or be killed- statistics of war

11-12-25

‘Dear Congress’

We are

your native children

your barefoot soldiers

your collateral damage

the problem and solution

the grease that moves the wheel.