How Many Troys
How many Troys have fallen isn’t known.
Nor do we have a data point for Troys
that stood. We can be sure each number’s grown
in every era. Roman peace deploys
its troops pro forma, and each brawl destroys
its quota on both sides of city walls.
The information stream is full of noise,
but registers not every town that falls
nor every juggernaut assault that stalls.
And if we knew precisely all the tolls,
how much more would we know than one child’s calls
from under rubble? On the army rolls.
How easy to forget a fading voice
it is when martial logic hardens choice.