I know I have posted this before but I've given it a title and a thread of it's own because I can

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The girl climbed up on to her box ,
pushed back her curls ,
and fixed her socks.

'Ahem', she said ,
'are you aware?',
'The trouble we have started here' .
'The snake who bit us on the arse' ,
'has slithered off into the grass'.
'Out of sight and out of mind' ,
'When hanging would have been too kind!'

She glanced around at the tempered faces ,
tidied her bow ,
and checked her laces .
then back to her speech , she said a-loud ,
' Our General appears to be too proud '.
'For while his busy catching Vermin',
( a hole , a hole , to hide them all in )
'the snake has gone ',
'his got away'.
'To hunt and kill and maim , his prey '.
'The time we've spent just chasing rats',
'is time he will use to plan attacks' .

A tear rolled down the young girls cheek .
'Let's not forget the ones who sleep' .
'Lost in that last long cold dark night' ,
'unable to grieve and unable to fight' .

The crowd grew quiet ,
it made no sound.

Is this where peace is trully found ?

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Very nicely done!!! Thanks for sharing.

That was really, really good Kis

You are a beautiful poetress Kismit.

I loved it the first time Kizzy, I love it even more the second

Cheers Kis

Dot

You guys rock .

thank-you

I like your poem. Thank you for inspiring me today.