RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
The Day Saigon Fell
The day that Saigon fell *
Ended fifty years of hell **
Fifty years since that day
We’ve learned there’s a price to pay
For fighting endless wars
That wound us to our core
Wars in other people’s lands
Iraq and Afghanistan
Wars that leave a lasting stain
Yemen and Ukraine
I wonder if we’ve learned at all
Fifty years since the fall
We’ve pledged to end all war
We’ve sworn to fight no more
But then the bugle sounds
And another war goes down
Soldiers by the thousands die
As mothers wonder why
Their children are deceased
When will we live in peace?
* April 28, 1975
** British, French and American wars
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