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At any one moment, in 40-odd conflict zones you can hear the war-cry,
And up to 9 out of each 10 individuals who in all those wars will die
Is not a fighter at all, but a civilian.
And the number of people who, on account of those wars, has been displaced,
Who’ve had to leave their homes, their friends, their jobs and their families in haste,
Currently stands at about 70 million.
Warfare is not going anywhere.
What an appalling affair.

War -
What’s it for?
All this gore
Is a bore.
I abhor
War
And I can’t take any more.

So why do we war?
Why do we seem to adore
Being obscenely mean
And causing grief galore?

Is it in our DNA, from days of fight-or-flight?
Is it ‘cause our moral compass tells us might is right?
Is it ‘cause it helps to loosen purse strings that are tight?
Or strengthens groups who have a common rival to indict?
Or just because we have an ingrained blood-fest appetite?
There are a lot of theories, but the evidence is slight.

Dehumanise your enemies.
Make war from far so you can’t see their eyes.
Don’t empathise. Fuel enmities
By bombing them with drones from way up high.

War -
What’s it for?
All this gore
Is a bore.
I abhor
War
And I can’t take any more.

So why do we war?
Can we ever restore
Law and order
To every border,
Front and shore?

There’s the UN and the EU – two attempts to do just that,
But even they will not stop every gung-ho autocrat,
Who, however much we try, will still act like a snotty brat.
There’ll always be eye for eye and tooth for tooth and tit for tat
So we’ll just have to limit all the upshots of their spat
We’re a species that just seems to love combat.

War –
What’s it for?
Just what are we, at our core?
I abhor
War
And I can’t take any more.

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from Ensonglopedia of the Human, released July 18, 2021

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