He loved life was on his epitaph br Generous and giving to all br That he is dead is not in dispute br The truth of the epitaph his victims refute br br He may have loved his woman and kin br No doubt he wished to see them again br Yet he was sent to another place br To kill members of his own race br br Did he ever ask whose home he was in br Was he polite though they were not kin br Did he knock before or just barge in br br Did he look them in the eye before the deed was done br Or treat them as so much dung br Did he see his humanity in their eyes br Or see them simply as swatted flies br br His thoughts we will never know br His face we no longer see br For someone just like him sent his life to another place br To join the deceased of the human race br br 3192008br br Claude H Oliver IIbr br