I wrote this poem two years ago today and thought that now is the right moment to publish it here after listening to Melanie Phillips make the comment “What’s not to like?” in support of the use of UAVs or Drones in modern warfare on last night’s Moral Maze programme on Radio 4. She made me very angry indeed.
TOUGH LUCK
A NERD IN NEBRASKA
BOMBS HOMES IN PAKISTAN
A BIBLE BY HIS LAPTOP
FRAMED FAMILY ON HIS DESK
HE’S NEVER HAD A PASSPORT
NEVER BEEN UP IN A PLANE
A UCAV PILOT
WHO HAS NEVER BEEN ABROAD
SPENDS ALL HIS WORKING DAYS
AIMING LASER GUIDED MISSILES
AT SOME HOUSES IN THE HILLS
BASED ON DODGY INFORMATION
BOUGHT FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY
USED TO FUEL SOME JUNKIES HABIT
CAUSING COLATERAL DAMAGE
AT SOME YOUNG GIRLS BIRTHDAY PARTY
MEANWHILE CLINTON AND HER MINIONS
COULD NEVER GIVE A FLYING FUCK
THESE SO CALLED ACCIDENTS OF WAR
THEY DEEM EXAMPLES OF TOUGH LUCK
THESE SO CALLED ACCIDENTS OF WAR
THEY DEEM EXAMPLES OF TOUGH LUCK
TOUGH LUCK
TOUGH LUCK
HILARY SAYS “TOUGH LUCK”
Copyright: Harry Rogers 1st November 2010
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