<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392192" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>About the War Poem</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">This poem is about<br>The impossibility of writing<br>A poem about the war</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now don't go getting disappointed<br>You probably know everything<br>You really need to know<br>About the war</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's nothing more a poem could tell<br>Than what's in the lines of the dailies <br>That you read between so carefully</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nothing I could show you<br>That you haven't seen already<br>In your nightmare dreams or when<br>Your eyes are open</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nor could I shed enlightenment<br>On all the things we may not be<br>At liberty to mention</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The silent tortured prisoners<br>Assassinations, smears and lies<br>And all the secret crimes<br>You know are passing by</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are some more events of war<br>Give me a minute to recall <br>I'm a little sleep-deprived</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I learned with snakes and scorpions<br>Don't threaten them or step on them<br>It works with all kinds of people too</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know there is no other side<br>Everyone is born a child<br>The other side is only in the mind</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hear justice is on our side<br>It's somewhere here apparently<br>Check in your back pocket for me please</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well if it could, the poem would claim -<br>Before the subject's forced to change -<br>That peace is firmly on our side</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Peace, well there's a useful thought.<br>I'm sure that we all could run with that.<br>This is no more a poem<br>About a poem about the war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392192" data-title="About the War Poem de Frank Bana" data-description="This poem is about The impossibility of writing A poem about the war Now don't go getting disappointed You probably know everything You really need to know About the war There's nothing more a poem could tell Than what's in the lines of the dail..."></div> </div> </div>

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