Sense Sonnet - Acher

Soldiers' Living Tomb

The U.S.A. powers that be
Insist on fighting wars that cost
Less battlefield fatality,
But more living soldiers be lost.
Trillions of tax dollars are spent
Funding the fancy war machine.
But veterans in real torment -
Little bump on the D.C. scene.
It's up to private sources to
Find ways for veterans to heal.
When asked what D.C. ought to do,
D.C. response - not a big deal.

"Lucky" soldiers in battle died?
"Unlucky" soldiers - suicide?