by Nora Jay

“JD Vance reacts to airstrike that killed four at Iran wedding: ‘Things happen’ … He also said that the conflict between the US and Iran, which has now stretched into a seventh month and led to the deaths of 18 US service members, was not presently ‘a war’.”
—The Guardian

Conflicts: things happen in the run of them,
And this unfortunately seems to have been one of them.
We, in any case, learn from our mistakes,
Which of course our army never actually makes.
Besides, we are not presently having a war,
Despite the best efforts of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
So this is a rumor it’s time to stop spreading.
Sometimes things happen, like having four funerals when you’re expecting a wedding.