Wouldn’t You Agree?

That killing

Is killing

That ultimately

It does not matter

Whether you’re putting

Down a dying dog

Or pushing a cripple

Off of the long end

Of a short pier

Wouldn’t you agree?

That it is never

Comfortable

To be reminded

Of the ways

We wage war

And the killing

That all of us

Are capable of

When we become

That lunatic

Sunday driver

Asleep at the wheel

Of Life

David Burdett

12/18/2021