TRY A NEW SLANT:
                             GIVE PEACE A CHANT
                                                            by Nancy Fierstien
 

                                            Let's NOT
                                            go to
                                            wreck up Iraq
                                            just to prove
                                            that we've still got the knack.
                                            We've tried arms before --
                                            trigger finger's still sore.

                                           It's so crucial
                                            to be right on track.

                                            Let's NOT
                                            go to
                                            wreck up Iraq.
                                            It's not just
                                            some quarterback sack.
                                            Once we yell "War!",
                                            we'll be as dirt-poor
                                            as the louse
                                            who is under attack.

                                            Let's NOT
                                            go to
                                            wreck up Iraq.
                                            Too many will
                                            never come back
                                            to live, love and toil
                                            on dear U.S. soil --
                                            their future
                                            all boxed up in black.

                                            Let's NOT
                                            go to
                                            wreck up Iraq,
                                            just to give
                                            Mister S. H. some flak.
                                            World peace is a goal
                                            to embrace heart and soul --

                                            but alas!
                                            It's the substance we lack!
 
 

--©Nancy L. Fierstien (9/28/02)Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Shared at theRedBird Cafe'® with author's permission.  All rights reserved.

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