Randall Jarrell: "Kami membaca surat-surat kami dan menghitung misi ka...

"Kami membaca surat-surat kami dan menghitung misi kami. Dalam pembom yang dinamai untuk anak perempuan, kami membakar kota-kota yang telah kami pelajari di sekolah sampai kehidupan kami berakhir; tubuh kita terbaring di antara orang-orang yang telah kita bunuh dan belum pernah kita lihat. Ketika kami bertahan cukup lama, mereka memberi kami medali; Ketika kami meninggal mereka berkata, "Korban kami rendah." Mereka berkata, "Ini peta"; kami membakar kota-kota."

--- Randall Jarrell

Versi Bahasa Inggris

We read our mail and counted up our missions In bombers named for girls, we burned The cities we had learned about in school Till our lives wore out; our bodies lay among The people we had killed and never seen. When we lasted long enough they gave us medals; When we died they said, "Our casualties were low." They said, "Here are the maps"; we burned the cities.