Grief and Grievances

It quickly gets to the point
Where arguments have shifted
From only who started it

(Perennial favorite)
To tallying the murders
Committed in each side’s name

(Sides are another fiction).
You did countably more things
That were cruel, to more people

(Women and children count most)
Than data show our side did.
No one ever really wins.

History kinks once again,
Spins in its next direction,
And, in centuries, children

Just born to whatever is
Will be chided for their lack
Of memory about this.