“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare”
-Sun Tzu

You know that click
when death

enters the chamber
a warning that saved you

in the delta humid bush
that sawed at your arms

on the cobbles of Sarajevo
where child’s toys were trapped

crossing the Rwandan border
with the wrong tribe

in the unforgiving hills
of scrub & desert

mujahedeen & marine
beret & balaclava

blood loss is cash flow
money in the bank