Why Are You Here

Why are you still in Aff-ghanee-stan?
Why are you still there?
Are you trying to convince me that you give a damn? Not me, then who?
Hmm…
I thought it was to get rid of the Taliban,
I thought it was to get rid of that evil man,
I thought it was to make them a ‘Western Clan.
Why are you still there? The Poppies?

Why are you still fucking with Lib-eeh-ya?
Why are you still there?
Yes you, you with the attitude, you with the brooding mood; yes you.
Hmm….
You went with your planes and blew them away,
You went with your morals insisting they play,
You went and you came not intending to stay,
Say again, why are you still there? The Oil?

Why do you persist in Sih-ree-yah?
Why are you still there?
Insisting they do as you say that they do. No thought of themselves; how dare they.
Hmm…..
It’s happening just like a Swiss-tick clock,
It’s happening whether they like it or not,
It’s taking the lives of the innocent flock,
Pray tell, why are you there? The Gas?

Why are you still in Jer-man-nee?
Still occupying places where you ought not be; it ended so long ago. Yes you.
Hmm……
Didn’t Hitler’s dreams die after many were killed?
Didn’t Granny and Granddad survive to fulfil?
Didn’t Justice prevail to allow our free will?
Seems not, ‘cause you are still here. The Power………….

Harry Hammond
15th September 2016