Nothing is "Just Following Orders"

By Finneaus Audette

Planes soar above like Eagles of War,

toward little school children who sit on dirt floors.

They say there was nothing lost of any worth,

morality judged by money's girth.

The Children of Overthere deserve no remorse,

Our war heroes call it just “recourse."

They were just following orders of course.

It wasn't your child. Why should you care? 

They are from overthere.

At most your grief is tame.

After all, you can use your second plane

to fly to your house on your private lake.

Who cares if it was a mistake?

It was just following orders, you won’t hear their cries.

Drowned out by “heroes” lies.

Finneaus Audette, known as "hat guy" to some or Finn to most is a sophomore majoring in Political Science/Legal studies. He has lived his whole life in Warren RI where he frequents poetry slams at The Collaborative, which is where he began writing poetry.