Sacrificial Pawns

did someone hear his last cry
or was he a Kentucky chicken fry
lost much before his prime
though it wasn't his crime

in caskets lined in endless rows
restless lie the mortal remains
wondering if it was really worth
to suffocate in these memorials

muffled voices, riddled bodies
end products of the arms lobby
who rejoice during a war cry
packing ammo for more convoys

wars are now fought in foreign land
rarely to protect the motherland
politicians plot these war games
soldiers just toys in the end game

an enemy of enemy becomes a friend
billionaires getting hooked on fast bucks
everything is fair in the unfair wars
no place for the morals of Socrates