Does It Matter (for a corps member killed in Rivers)

And does it matter
if our death headlines
the page of newspapers
covers the screen of TV sets
and waves of radio at night
in a land where skulls of dead men
are the broken staircase
that lead to the throne of thorns

Does it matter
if we all die one day
like dogs hit by vehicles at dusk
for the glory of callous gun men
and the victory of their gods

Does it matter. . .