"Language is being altered
in the West Wing of the White House,
ordnances are being sortied.
Empty of consequence.
Ordnances are no longer bombs,
they don't fall on flesh, they don't
tear open the skulls of women and men
rushing for shelter, they don't
empty the faces of children,
or crush bodies
carrying the small lives
of people like us"
-"Blood Wash" by Frances Payne Adler, as relevant now as it was when it was published in 1991.