What I Learned from the Afghanistan War

by George Salamon / August 29th, 2021

Afghans say whatever
comes to mind,
Americans say whatever
Pops up on the teleprompter.
ISIS is recruiting a
million shepherd terrorists,
blue-haired ladies in New
England hiss “barbarians,”
most foreigners are spies,
most neutrals are pigs.
America bought the war
but had no place to return it.
We’ve forgotten why we
bought it and we’ll forget
the dead when the value
of our portfolios rises
high enough.

George Salamon lives in St. Louis, MO, where he did not grow up. Read other articles by George.

This article was posted on Sunday, August 29th, 2021 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.