When humans first fought
 It was with their hands
 Soon however 
 They moved to clubs and swords

 But at least
 Both combatants
 Were at
 Equal risk

 Then we moved to
 Bows and arrows
 And
 Later guns

 But at least
 The other team
 Could
 Fire back
 
 Then we started
 Dropping bombs
 From
 Planes

 But at least
 The other team
 Had planes
 and anti-aircraft guns
 
 And now
 We can sit 
 Thousands of 
 Miles away and
 Unleash Drones
 We no longer 
 Have to be at 
 Personal Risk

 Or look into the
 Eyes of people 
 We are trying 
 To kill

 Or wonder if 
 Our bombs hit
 A school or 
 A hospital

 But the other 
 Team 
 Can do the same
 To us!

 Ain’t technology wonderful?
 
John F. McMullen, “johnmac the bard”, is the Poet Laureate of the Town of Yorktown, NY, a member of the American Academy of Poets and Poets & Writers, the author of over 2,500 columns and articles and eight books, and is the host of a weekly Internet Radio Show.