[DuncanWaring]

Does the phrase “When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,...” sound familiar?

[albionin]

Does the phrase “When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,...” sound familiar?

...And the women come out to cut up what remains.

[little jeremiah]

Absolutely rings a bell. How about this one

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;