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Collateralbombing
Collateralbombing
Ms.Gardner
English10
6December2015
CollateralBombing
Finalshrieksecho,lifemuttersfromthelips.
Asahissingwindpassesthroughagraveyard.
Haunting,howling,horrid.
Theinnocentdie.
Theyhonorthebodies
andthenjointhem.
Poachedelephantsfallingcaptivetodeath.
Theirownloveforoneanotheristhearrowintheirchest.
Civiliansdropalongsidesoldiers,
theymadegroundtheysaid,
itscollateralbombingtheysaid,
allthingsarefairinwartheysaid.
Sotheinnocentdieandthecountrycheers.
Theykilledtheenemytheysaid...