Before the smell rises

Context: "Free train travel for military to attend remembrance services scrapped Exclusive: Outcry as government says cost ‘too great’ and former veterans minister Johnny Mercer calls for U-turn" —The Guardian

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First they came for the military benefits, but I said nothing, as I was a civilian.

Then they stopped notified next-of-kin, but again I said nothing, as I have not military kin.

Then they stopped burying the bodies. Perhaps I should say something, before the smell rises.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

External links

• Post @ Twitter (7 October 2022)

• Free train travel for military to attend remembrance services scrapped @ The Guardian