<\/p>\n
They fled in terror as from the sky…
\nRained death, and wondered why
\nAnd how the world to this had come
\nAs the Luftwaffe they saw
\nThat from Germany had come
\nIn the words first Shock and Awe…
\nAnd as the world seen its sort again
\nAs America invaded Iraq,
\nI wondered then
\nWhat would come after when
\nThey knew how well their army faught
\nAnd tonight I sit with pen
\nWondering what to write I ought…
\nIt is not for good they fight, though they say
\nThey fight for good in this way
\nIt is like again we live the day
\nExcept Guerencia was Bagdad
\nAnd it was Americas planes that came to play
\nAnd destroy everything the Iraqis had…
\nGuernica, now just a name
\nA city, a picture, is it to this has came
\nA peoples suffering?
\nIf so the shame Is ours, or then again maybe not
\nFor to be remembered so then is the same
\nFor the story and message wont be forgot?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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