on peace

All I remember
In no particular order
Biafra
Vietnam
Sharpville
Prague
Belfast
Vietnam
Birmingham
MLk
Robert Kennedy
Argentina
PLO
Ecuador
Kampuchea
Guatamala
Bolivia
Lennon
Sri Lanka
Algeria
Tiananmen
Jonestown
IRA
ETA
RAF
UDF
The Belgrano
Hungerford
Columbine
Isis
al-Qaeda
Sudan
Rwanda
Bosnia
Dunblane
Libya
Syria
Chechnya
Twin Towers
Palestine
Gaza
9/11
7/7
Atocha
Nice
Bataclan
Brussels
Ukraine

I could go on
It’s never stopped
and all the time the History Channel
replays The Holocaust
Hiroshima
Nagaski
D-Day
and elsewhere, to lighten the load
M.A.S.H.

~
n.b. All the while the rich get richer, the bombs keep falling, bullets fly and shares in weaponry increase in value.

Meanwhile, someone carves a trite message on a post and the city council pays to stick it in the park.

CLP 30/10/2023