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By
Don Krieger
Why He Said It
“He knew what he was getting into”
— US President during a bereavement phone call
Telling a dead soldier: You knew what you were getting into, is simply saying, Don’t blame me.
It’s cowardly which is why our President said it.
Telling the soldier’s family: He knew what he was getting into, is more nuanced.
It still says: Don’t blame me, a coward’s statement.
It also says: Blame your son for your sorrow, a brutal statement
which is why our President said it.
It also says: Though this is a bereavement call,
I offer you my excuse from responsibility as your son’s Commander in Chief
and a brutal sentiment to add to your grief,
an incompetent and vicious statement
which is why our President said it.
Don Krieger
I have built satellites, worked in the operating room, been in a cult, …
I earn my living as part of a group which is trying to understand and treat head injury.
In my poetry and short blog pieces, I want to express ideas with unambiguous clarity and intensity.
I willingly sacrifice rhyme and meter, art, cleverness, elegance, and beauty for these.
Moondog Wilson, Lunatic Some congresspeople lack a sense of decency, And the same people have at least a touch of lunacy. Dogs do bark at the moon, But Moondog barks at noon, And I haven't heard the moon bark back recently.