DAMN U DOW

DAMN U DOW
by Ken Williams

In innocence
we watched,
Dow’s special package
delivered
Misty white, so pretty
enchantingly drifting down
Pterodactyl war machines
flying shallow Vs

Poison
Glistening, mesmerizing
late afternoon sun
Shrouding all
living,
those still to die
as it falls

Man made fog
seductive carnage within
Dragon’s foul breath,
Our future death

We were young
uninformed
Nobody said,
“Don’t drink the water”
“Don’t breathe”
Agent Orange
pretty color of death

Then,
Battle raged
napalm ran
flowing river
Deadly fumes
inhaled

Dehydrated bodies
soaking up
unforgiving
unmistakable odor
Benzenes
Invading
Again
crippling innocent lungs, further
robbing the future

Bills became due
just past PTSD
Our blood turned
sour
Only after our
appetite for war did

Too late
did we realize
The cost of
War
Too late
did we realize
The deadly debt
owed to Dow

Damn you Dow

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