Brothers In Arms

The best that can be said is that
they died bravely, and together.
The worst that can be said
is probably unspeakable.

What are dead men worth?
Very little; a few basic elements,
probably holed, and charred at the edges.
But life was always cheap in their hands.

What, again, are dead men worth?
A pair of aces, an upward blip in the polls
and a dead cat bounce on Wall Street.