Perfect World

in a perfect world,

frightened, young, US Marines,

do not throw grenades,

into unknown Iraqi homes,

killing 2 year old Iraqi babies,

along with their terrified Iraqi mothers,

as they try to shield them

in their arms;

in a perfect world,

true justice does no harm

to the helpless and innocent,

in a perfect world;

heroes are perfect;

when does enough become enough?

when does truth overcome lies?

when do facts matter more than fiction?

when does spin and myths,

give way to reality,

and dead Iraqi babies?

and yes,

there are always two sides to

every story,

there is always more than

meets the eye,

there are always underlying

and mitigating factors,

which cannot be adequately

understood,

unless you were

actually there;

but still;

there are dead Iraqi babies,

along with dead Iraqi mothers,

and young, frightened US Marines,

left holding on to memories

and consciences,

reciting official company lines,

and other man-made truths,

while wondering inside,

how everything became so

twisted and wrong;

in this almost

perfect world.

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