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the mother of a solder
fallen in a war,
that war was fought
for a no good reason.
Fearing to take away
the pride from her sorrow.
Does that make a
good reason for war?

Hurry it's a bargain
we are told.
Take someone's life.
The life that's gone
could be of unknown,
it could be of
one of your own.
Isn't it a fair price:
A life for your pride?

Be proud little children
so what if you've lost dad.
You've got shiny medals
and your mother a flag.
There's no loss in any war:
Medals, flags, and gun salutes
pension and pride,
All at just price:
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Bargain of a lifetime

Contributed by remote on Friday, 30th September 2005 @ 01:07:20 PM in AEST
Topic: sarcasticpoetry

If you do not tell
the mother of a solder
fallen in a war,
that war was fought
for a no good reason.
Fearing to take away
the pride from her sorrow.
Does that make a
good reason for war?

Hurry it's a bargain
we are told.
Take someone's life.
The life that's gone
could be of unknown,
it could be of
one of your own.
Isn't it a fair price:
A life for your pride?

Be proud little children
so what if you've lost dad.
You've got shiny medals
and your mother a flag.
There's no loss in any war:
Medals, flags, and gun salutes
pension and pride,
All at just price:
The bargain of a lifetime.

Copyright © remote ... [ 2005-09-30 13:07:20]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Bargain of a lifetime (User Rating: 1 )
by WAE on Friday, 30th September 2005 @ 01:34:50 PM AEST
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Hey J,
I am glad you posted this one...
Well written...
Alex

Re: Bargain of a lifetime (User Rating: 1 )
by brew on Friday, 30th September 2005 @ 07:16:21 PM AEST
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Penned well...always nice to read your writes, they are differ.!

Brew~

Re: Bargain of a lifetime (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 1st October 2005 @ 05:38:32 PM AEST
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Right on, nicely stated well written and of course, very essential in these times . . .

Ben

Re: Bargain of a lifetime (User Rating: 1 )
by Fionndruinne on Saturday, 1st October 2005 @ 09:37:03 PM AEST
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Very well expressed. I don't think I can quite agree... living - or dying - through war is a part of the human experience, part of what rounds out what we are collectively.

Of course it can go very wrong, happen to those who were not meant for it, can have the wrong effects, et cetera, but what aspect of humanity cannot? If we criticize this for its common shortcomings, what might we not criticize?

Thought-provoking piece, indeed. Well done.

Andrew

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