So...How Went Your Wednesday? Poem by David Whalen

So how was your Wednesday 10/13/10?
Did you get out of bed safely
Drink your coffee
and then

Read the paper, look at want ads
Feel sorry for yourself
Maybe want to go back
to bed again

bills piling up In a heap upon the table
Wondering which
to pay today
Or if you’ll even be able

Well…believe it or not
Your life’s pretty damn good
There’s five young soldiers
Who’d trade places if they could

Let me introduce them:
Ray…Justin…Phil…Joe…and Vic

All Killed in action in %#$@*&ghanistan Wednesday 10/13/10

Marine Lance Cpl. Raymond L. A. Johnston 22 yrs young Midland Ga.
Cpl. Justin J. Cain 19 yrs young Manitowoc Wis.
Lance Cpl. Phillip Vinnedge 19 yrs young Saint Charles Mo.
Lance Cpl. Joseph E Rodewald 21 yrs young Albany Ore.
Pfc. Victor A. Dew 20 yrs young Granite Bay Calif.

I think their day was far worse than yours
For Wednesday was their day to die
And I wish that someone could give me
One good reason…For What…and why? ? ?