Brothers & Sisters
(Bank Your Sperm)
by Susu Jeffrey
www.dissidentvoice.org
August 29, 2004



 

Reserves from New York
cops and firemen
some from 9-1-1
four Reserves (so far)
came home from Iraq War II
passing radiation
uranium in the urine.

A company in Minneapolis
makes the bullets
makes the shells
makes big—big money. "Depleted"
uranium lasts
4 ½- billion years. So,

brothers if you're going over
bank your sperm
bank your sperm.
Brothers if you're going over
I say, bank your sperm
before you go to war.

Sisters if you're going over—
that's too bad.
It's the luck of the draw
if your eggs are okay.
Sisters if you're going over
get tested. Make them
test you before you go
test when you get back.
Make them test you.

Make them test you brothers
if you're going over
bank your sperm
bank your sperm.
Brothers if you're going over
I say, bank your sperm
before you go to war.

Or, you could make
peace.

Susu Jeffrey has 3 degrees, 5 books of poetry & 30-some non-violent civil disobedience arrests.

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