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Poem
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Ploughshares
© 2001 by Night Hawke
superpower:
nuclear
missile
piles
tomahawk
cruisers smart
bombs
B-1 B-2 stealth
fighters
destroyers
mortars,
landmines
M-16's
F-16's,
F-15's
rocket
launchers this
patriot
missile that's
strategic
defense
initiative
Abrams
M1
tank
Hummers
jump
to jets Los
Angeles
Submarines
air
craft carrier
battleship
frigates
AWACS
a-tackk
helicopters
anti
aircraft guns
were
all
they
could be
in
the
Army
Navy
Air-Force
Marines
superpower
super
towers
CIA,
NSA
satellites
and
they beat
our
swords
with
our ploughshares
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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his
limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds
him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts,
poetry cleanses.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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