War (March 26, 2009. New Moon. Issue 2)

Sheltered from the men at war
Safe on my couch
I watch nervously
One, two, three men drop before my eyes
Cries of agony from the ones who love them
A man with an unsteady hand aims and fires
It is met with a grenade
It falls
A man dives
He didn’t make it
My nation’s heart sinks inside me
The casualty count rises before my eyes
The torture doesn’t stop
“This is the Big Leagues,” the general screams from his foxhole
I clutch my remote tightly
As I turn my head an turn on Spongebob…
I can’t take the reality…
Fucking Red Sox.