the next great war

the great Cock fight
begins-
one country shoots off
a missile
to show what
it can do.
another country
makes its move
and the outcome is
just as impressive.
big men in sealed rooms
making decisions
that kill thousands,
hundreds of thousands,
entire civilizations
just to impress another leader
with just as much firepower.
it starts as a game,
flexing the muscles,
and ends in an all out war.
and it is all at the cost
of innocent lives
that don't have a particular beef
with anyone from another nation.
there's a little boy somewhere
that has lost his father, his brother, his mom
to a war created by mighty men
with unrealistic expectations
of what their tiny Cocks can do.