In another country
we swept north
like the hand of god
In Basra we did
door-to-doors
Killed men
at close range
in Baghdad
Left a leg
and most of
one hand
back in Falluja
Now at home
no one seems
to know
how to put us
back together again
All-American,
treated like
Half a person
Did right
by our country
In the end
left with the nagging
question:
Will it do
right by us?
(D. James)