Somebody’s ego was stepped on
Somebody who thought he was SOMEBODY
Somebody with way too much power
but

Nobody would listen.
Nobody even tried.

Somebody had to pay
Anybody could see that
though

Nobody understood why.

Finally

Nobody could stop the madness
Nobody would even believe
till

Everybody lost somebody
and

Nobody died alone.


(Previously published in Poets4Peace, Nov 2000; Poets Against the War Anthology, Feb 2003)

Laurence Overmire

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