Tarnished shells of tragedy and sorrow,
burnt out buildings and long snout guns,
stand against the hideousness of violence
and the cult of war.
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Children flung from cowering to funerals,
parents arms empty, people without homes,
empty plates and emptier eyes hollowed by pain,
and the cult of war.
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Trampled plants and the trembling of animals,
creatures of the day and night, dying in agony,
maggots alone have food in plenty through killing
and the cult of war.
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Armed forces die, anti tank devices flame,
leadership, safe in their homes, order them on,
a Covid invasion, a created virus of human intent
for the cult of war.
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Offshore accounts heartier, affluence hastening,
weapons manufacturing, wealth to make,
eyes blind to the savagery, the lives they take
for the cult of war.
