Thralldom etched in Homo sapiens (mine) DNA

Though your true blue stated civilian

never enlisted nor impressed,

nonetheless I own an opinion

originally embarked on poetic quest

to express purposelessness,

when soldiers rest

at peace i.e. eternally,

many attired courtesy

smart uniform strong with zest.

Psyche steeped, macerated, brewed

as token scapegoat, cue

trumpets Don to toot

courtesy more'n one

nasty shortish brute

weasley chastened me

round mulberry bush

said monkeys chased scaredy

cat me... point moot

regarding... rung me

ragged standing astute

adjacent Thomas Jonathan

"Stonewall" Jackson

(Confederate general during

American Civil War),

his own troops accidentally

fired on him during

Battle of Chancellorsville

in Virginia doth not compute

"friendly fire" unleashed during

one among many hot pursuit

part and parcel of wars,

since time immemorial

gung ho practiced soldier and/or

scared cat neophyte unwittingly shoot

pellets traveling speed of

sound bullet out - gunmetal chute

ordinarily pardoned distinct mistake

versus homicide statute

nonetheless...about

thee (rhetorical question), wherefore

art thou purpose to war,

those slain now paid tribute

since major hostilities of

World War I formally

ended at 11th hour of 11th

day of 11th month of 1918

yet... I question military conflicts

battle hymns constitute

legacy e'er since Homo

sapiens stood erect,

many soldiers of misfortune,

sons of destitute

versus wealthy heirs accepted perception

that war was "a rich man's war

and a poor man's fight"

countless generations ago

deserters fate would mean execute

"the bastard," even second decade

into twenty first century

once sworn in at basic training,

getting discharged (vodka luck), but absolute

zero tolerance quitting before

duty commitment desertion flagrant violation,

no easy task leaving service minus

tribunal meeting severe to prosecute,

thus joining military unlike

accepting any other job

punishment greater than Das boot,

yet patriotism, née jingoism

not ideal, viz conflict resolution,

verstehen, or did this wordsmith convolute?