Sue Baker-Wilson

WRITING ON THE WALL

On War Memorial wall
An exhibition
Images of Vietnam
Female soldier
Gun slung
Over shoulder
A glance back

To present day
Asian mother
toy gun in hand
nonchalant trigger click
while sons run
on blood red poppies
Wind scattered

Just this morning
Vietnam vets paraded
with men who answered
Mother Country’s call to arms

Media whores closed in
for ‘that’ shot
a tear for front page news
Headlines to sell

and I weep
for the future