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If I were a German soldier,

Would I have herded people to a sudden death.

Let cyanide fumes be their gasping, final breath?

Would I have stopped Jews from being cruelly killed,

or look away ordering a martini slightly chilled?

Would I have died rather than snuff an innocent,

Suffering a death under the Third Reich torment?

Would I have taken the bullet meant for JFK?

11-22 would not have been his, but my final day.

If it were possible to stop the Dallas coup d’état,

Would this have changed the ending to the war in Vietnam?

Could I have spoken for a baby in her mother’s womb,

or have taken a drag in my upstairs living room?

Will I be accountable at the end, we’ll someday see.

Shrugging my shoulders, at least it isn’t me.

Would I run away or stand and fight?

Would it make a difference if it meant a precious life?