war is "draining" for a "man" like me.
i am forced out of questions.
forced to tip-toe around criticisms.
dear sir or madam, your gun is pressed into my temple.
for example, i mentioned on my facebook wall
that war has not been kind to us in the middle east.
an exception, i'm sure, but one that at least
we might consider after lunch

on a full stomach, we are less likely
to buy things we really shouldn't want