The phrase "collateral damage"
is used so not to cause offense
to desensitize the public
'bout the ****** of innocents
We're spoonfed daily numbers
of those who won't come back
but for innocent civilians killed
we dont bother keeping track
Because they're "collateral damage"
a nameless faceless entity
so easy to ignore
if they don't look like you and me
But when the shoe is on the other foot
and our innocents get killed
we put pictures in the papers
and monuments we build
Have we really sunk so far
as not to comprehend
that "collateral damage" means people,
and that war just has to end.
May 8, 2010
May 8, 2010 at 4:40 PM UTC
The phrase "collateral damage"
is used so not to cause offense
to desensitize the public
'bout the ****** of innocents
We're spoonfed daily numbers
of those who won't come back
but for innocent civilians killed
we dont bother keeping track
Because they're "collateral damage"
a nameless faceless entity
so easy to ignore
if they don't look like you and me
But when the shoe is on the other foot
and our innocents get killed
we put pictures in the papers
and monuments we build
Have we really sunk so far
as not to comprehend
that "collateral damage" means people,
and that war just has to end.
©A Thomas Hawkins 2010
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