Painting by numbers used to be a children's game before today.
You see it is no longer child's play when one hundred thousand young men and women march towards harms way to serve, to protect.
To insure that oil flows our way.
And a distant chorus of mutes mouth a new old mantra of an air corps song of long ago.
"Over there, the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming, over there."
Flags are waved and drums roll as war machines are readied for this war upon evil.
Sadaam today, who tomorrow for there is surely more than one.
And a war weary mother weeps for orphans yet to come because all will not return from, "Over there."
Peace is after all a never ending struggle for those who choose to fight in the carnal.
And god must tryly cry to behiold those whom time has forgotten.
Men and women of integrity have they all died or just shunned politics completely no matter the side.
"Over there, over there, the yanks are coming, over there."
"God Bless America, land that I love stand beside her and guide her.
PLEASE!!!!
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Reviewed by Birdie Houston (Reader)
Reviewed on April 12, 2003
All or your poetry is a painting of loveliness your so talented !
I wrote a new shortstory called "Loving Us" hope you get around to viewing it
Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on February 3, 2003
This is so beautiful inspirational very moving piece.
Peggy
The only recognizable solution to your ill gained theory is,,,You can always put in a change of address to you know somewhere wonderfully watched over like Iraq, Afghanistan,,,only to name a few,,,You see there are some of us,,,that whether we believe in all the political rhetoric that is so loosely thrown around or not,,we still believe in America,,,we still believe in defending 'your' rights to disagree,,or to agree either way you may tend to do so,,but if you feel that you don't need that right,,,then why bother staying in this Great Land of opportunity that you don't like anyway? That is my main gripe in all this bickering of should we or should we not,,do we have the 'right' or do we not, if you know you are not going to like the movie,,,why would you go to the theatre? So if you know you don't agree with the way America is being ran,,or you don't approve of the way they are doing things,,,why not go somewhere that you do agree with?
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I wrote a new shortstory called "Loving Us" hope you get around to viewing it
Peggy