A letter home

I shot some Muslims mommy.
I shot some Muslims dad.
We are good…
we are always good
and they are always bad.

Sadam is a bad man mommy
and he’s got to go:
it is a fact I’m sure of that
George Bush told me so.

I never question orders.
I do just what I’m told.
We’ll control their country
their oil wealth and their gold.

I bombed some Muslims mommy.
I bombed some Muslims dad.
We are good…
we are always good
and they are always bad.

Complexity escapes us
we don’t understand,
we just do what soldiers do
as we invade their land.

Women and the kids it seems
they just get in the way
though we don’t intend it
we blow some kids away.

I maimed some Muslims mommy.
I maimed some Muslims dad.
We are good…
we are always good
and they are always bad.

I’m proud to be American
to be a fighting man
giving everything I can
I fight for Uncle Sam.

I’m missing home
don’t want to die.
I miss your love, it’s true
and I miss the cream and apple pie,
I want to come home too.

I nuked some Muslims mommy.
I nuked some Muslims dad.
We are good…
we are always good
but it is very sad.

Written 2002.