All Our Planes Have Returned Safley

We are better than them,
Because we apologize when we kill innocent people.
We are better than them,
Because we don't throw hand-grenades
or have hideouts;
We work the land dropping bombs from airplanes.

We are right because our commanders
tell jokes and get drunk on Saturdays.
We are right because an entire industry has sprung
out of ritualizing the death of our soldiers.

We are right because our soldiers parents
are interviewed in talkshows on Remembrance Day
We are right because part of our soldiers
have blue eyes and write poetry