PERDU
PERDUI ( LOST
CAUSE )
Politicians
debate Rhetoric turns to
hate
War is declared, bayonets
are bared
Young
soldiers fight In darkness
and light
The
battle is won at a great cost
The
dead are buried as lives are lost
mothers
wail politicians meet
They
Debate again
They
sign their treaties in shifting sands
peace
is lost
Perdu
perdui
History
repeats again and again
JOSEPH QUITMAN JOHNSON
2004