JUST ANOTHER BALKAN WAR (WARALITY THREE)

We burnt their fucking village
soldiering’s a chore
We raped the girls and women
as we’ve always done before
and the boys too young for bullets
were hung from gibbets by their balls
We miss our wives and children
but we go when duty calls
It’s all part of our religions
and settling ancient scores
the glory and traditions
of fighting Balkan wars

RECENT ACCUMULATIONS AND APPROPRIATED VOICES, Kalayaan Publications, 1997