{"id":52080,"date":"2026-03-27T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=52080"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:30:11","slug":"body-bags-a-poem-and-song-by-bbb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/body-bags-a-poem-and-song-by-bbb\/","title":{"rendered":"BODY BAGS — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BODY<\/p>\n

#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

BODY BAGS<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

03-27-2026<\/p>\n

Body bags, body bags,
\nAll lined up in a row,
\nYeah, send the boy toys,
\nOff to war they all go.<\/p>\n

Same thing in Russia.
\nSame thing in Ukraine,
\nSame thing in every war,
\nThe young feel the pain.<\/p>\n

Fodder for their cannons,
\nThey’re just grinder meat,
\nPure human waves of misery,
\nDon’t dare make a retreat.<\/p>\n

Human limbs go flying,
\nDrones strike from the air,
\nA thousand boys lay dying,
\nBut leaders just don’t care.<\/p>\n

Got to feed their monster,
\nYeah, more blood it demands,
\nAnd so the war rages on,
\nWay off in foreign lands.<\/p>\n

But that is quite okay,
\nThere’s money to be made,
\nIt is great for business,
\nAs long as they get paid.<\/p>\n

Ike so tried to warn us,
\nHe really knew the score,
\nHe understood the reasons,
\nWhat wars are really for.<\/p>\n

Yet people are so blind,
\nFalling for patriotic crap,
\nSo the next thing you know,
\nOur kids are in their trap.<\/p>\n

Sacrifice them on the altar,
\nIt is your duty after all,
\nSure, proudly send them off,
\nWhen your country gives a call.<\/p>\n

But as for those elite,
\nNot a son do they ever send,
\nIt’s just a poor man’s war,
\nWhen will it ever end?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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