a shoe-string
would you go to
war,
even if this
caused
an ignominious
tumble?
Lives have been
risked for less.
Imagine war conducted
on a principle
Imagine war conducted
on a principle
not involving loss
of life,
battles fought,
perhaps,
with drums.
We’d sell our
spears and guns
for use as
hop-poles,
use our swords
as scythes,
and hear our vast tracts
of land resound with
“rub-a-dub-dub.”
and hear our vast tracts
of land resound with
“rub-a-dub-dub.”
Found poem by Mary Bast
Source: Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy)
