Ode to Unhappy Memorial Day & Veterans Day

Guest poem by Mary E. Joyce

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

You promised my dad a career!

Electrical, or Mechanical Engineer.

Instead you sent him on a tank in 50* below zero

In the frozen Chosin Reservoir. Never called him a hero!

You brainwashed him for your murderous wars!

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

No arms, no legs, no limbs.

Ninety days waiting lists.

Soldiers bonuses have been taken away

Drafting women here's your equal pay

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

Agent Orange, depleted uranium, anthrax vaccines...

Gulf War Syndrome, you no longer have a home.

PTSD, nightmares, destroyed all your dreams.

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

“Be all that you can be!”...

“It's not just a job! It's an adventure,” they said!...

Do they know the accurate count of how many dead!?

Twenty-two SUICIDES reported each day.

USA! USA! USA! Patriotism the real American way!

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

Full Spectrum Dominance, NDAA, Patriot Act

Collateral Damage from Empires Illegal Drone Attacks

Bombing sovereign countries overseas in the Middle East

Creating millions of starving homeless refugees

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

“Fighting for our freedom” is all a lie.

The Pentagon doesn't care if you die!

They brainwash you under duress

Upside down flag nation in distress.

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan

Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Russia and Iran.

Sign up now! Uncle Sam needs you for Nuclear World War III!

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

Your sacrifice is for the Corporate Oligarchy;

Your blood, sweat, misery all for Wall Street.

The V.A. will send all the generic toxins you'll ever need!

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

The world’s worst carbon polluter

Continues to poison our sacred earth.

Countless crosses of the “Unknown Soldier”

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

WW III Humanity's Nuclear Abyss

Every life form will cease to exist

This is what you get when you enlist!

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.

Mary E. Joyce

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