The world is a board game
filled with guns and wars.
Civilians everywhere
the throw of the dice crushes them.
Modern warfare means
Schools and hospitals
temples, churches, mosques,
community buildings
mums and kids.
Like the 300 Spartans fighting Persia:
The Spartans hid behind a wall of bodies.
Unlike the Spartans
today’s bodies are non-combatants
put into the wall while still alive.
Those human structures are targeted:
the wall
those in it
those behind it.
Shameless game masters
inoculated against guilt.