The Allure of Weapons

The children’s drawings collected in this book were created between 2007 and 2008.

A war landscape. Weapons policy.
Drawn by a six-year-old,
by thousands of six-year-olds, by millions.
“The Adults’ Game.”
Soldiers in uniform, colored in green.
In their hands, pistols of all kinds, some revolvers,
some hand grenades.
Behind the mountains, round tanks. With swastikas on them,
they move up the line. Fighter planes fill the sky.
Opposite: “USA”, in large letters.
The bullets cut through the air and the soldiers,
who fall dead.