The Drone

If war is the answer, then the question

Becomes one of distance.

Killing has passed from confrontation

To aviation and now...computerization.

The woman assigned to the evening shift

Can dress casually, take off her shoes ,

And settle into her favorite music

While watching her large screen monitor.

Occasionally she might get a call,

Or beeping alert that overrides the music.

When the target number aligns with the target,

And video confirms, she will press the release button.

Then, if a video display confirms destruction,

She records the time,

And resumes viewing the changing screen

As the drone searches for its next target.