Heroin Hero

Poppy coffin strategy-

from the fields of Afghanistan

to the streets of America.

Fallen troops

flying home from war

in the belly of a metal beast.

Flag draped patriotic.

Silent soldiers,

packed in caskets-

filled to the lid

with papaveroideae.

Deep sleep dream

of future opium wars

beneath bridges,

behind playgrounds at school,

in the homes and the heart

of the American dream.

Poppy coffin strategy-

billion dollar scheme.

A side-hustle logic for war.