Poem (#2) for 01/25/02 by Benjamin M. Walsh / Saalbach:

"Five Views of War"

 

The fortress cannot hold the gate

Nor cannon break the charge

The cavalry do fight in vain

When captain fights the sarge.

 

The battlements do stand in vain

The oil trap is weak

No defense can hold at all

Foe's anger's at its peak.

 

They have hurt our member one

And soon they'll have to face

Our wrath is now, THEIR one will meet

Our vengeance face-to-face.

 

We can crush their futile hole

Our brute strength rideth high

Cannons, bombers, nukes, and guns...

They have nowhere to fly.

 

Our fortress cannot hold the gate

Nor anger make them fin

Our battleships do fight in vain

When foe remains within.

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