LATE NIGHT, STILL SLEEPLESS
THINKING HOW UNMOVED I WAS
WITH THAT TAPE THAT SHOWED YOU
IN BRAND NEW WAR UNIFORM
YOU NEVER SHOWED ANY KIND OF DISTRESS
YOU SMILED ON PICTURES
BUT IT WAS TO IMPRESS
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS
WHOSE BODIES BARELY GREW
TAKEN FROM THE SCHOOLYARDS SO THEY NEVER KNOW
THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING THEIR KID
AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS TO KILL
BEING
STILL THEY'RE LEAVING
THEIR MOTHERS ARE GRIEVING
DID THEY PREPARE THEM FOR THE KILLING
BUT STILL THINK ABOUT THAT TAPE
HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN SO COLD