The Service Reflections of Donny Duke
(These appear on and were written for the website Together We Served)
Have you ever heard the term military healing? We know we need cops; we just need the whole cop thing to be healed so police keep us safe and not hurt or kill anybody, unless they absolutely have to to keep us safe, having tried their best to keep the person they’re policing safe. Many people are right now trying to define what that police healing would look and sound like on the streets. But what about the military? Can you be opposed to war but still support the institution that carries it out? If you hold your humanity close, put that before your own sweet self, and by humanity I mean not the group but that higher part in you that does not act like an animal, is never a beast, you just want to end war and not prepare for it, but let’s be real about this: if we didn’t have a strong defense our humanity would be in danger of being wiped out. Okay, so how to be a beast and at the same time wear your humanity, if not on your sleeve, then at least in the restraint of your hands and in the feel of your heart? I think I can answer that. The book I’m introducing is a genuine book of healing, military healing.
All to do with an interview. Round to the streets, it’s easy for me I’m a poet. Throw me aside, will yah?
To read my reflections click on the link below
Harm's End 