Rainbow death

Here is the poem:
America did not foresee
Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!
Expecting others to pay a high price.
Now thinking twice?
Toll on the innocent and unborn.

Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn.
Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead.
All the deceit continues to spread.
Nefariously America led astray -
Generations untold WILL pay -
Execrable effects of agent orange spray!

Hubert Wilson
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It is a small poem that talks about how warfare has caused death and suffering to victims like the Vietnamese people and also service personnels that came into contact with "Agent Orange".

Agent orange is the codename for a herbicide and defoliant that is contaminated with TCDD used by the U.S. military in its Herbicidal program during Vietnam war.

Close to 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to "Agent Orange" and this results in 400,000 deaths and disabilities. There were also 500,000 children thereafter born with birth defects.

"This poem reminds us that wars aren't over when the wars are over." I find this quote rather interesting. What I think it means is that when all the wars are over in the world, but in a particular country, the war still is not over.

The poet Hubert Wilson is a Vietnam War veteran who served in the USAF security service. He himself was exposed to this "Agent Orange" before and suffered which is what inspired him to write this poem.

Sources: Wikipedia and http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/2010warpoetry.html#Rainbow