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[title] => SATAN'S CENTURY
[time] => 2009-06-01 12:13:03
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[bodytext] => Pivotal year, 1914, The likes of which we had never seen, Slaughter and mayhem on the World scene - A colossal jolt to human kind. Apocalyptic page unfurled Played out as each society swirled Into a maelstrom all lives were hurled – Peasant or Pauper, King or Queen confined. The flames of war died as ashes remained, Man was crippled, bludgeoned, bloodstained, It seemed all life from him had drained - His essence, his psyche undermined. Empires were erased, new countries born, Peace bloomed like a flower on a spring morn As hope rose in hearts terribly torn – Were people realistic, or just blind? Satan made sure the peace wouldn’t last As he stirred up trouble as in the past; Sure enough, the die was cast - All heeded the dictates of his twisted mind. Another World War ravaged the Earth, Lives were counted of little worth As barbaric acts Liberators did unearth - Under Nazi boots Jews they did grind. More heinous weapons were put to use, So as to stop the brutal abuse Japan was warned with an atomic noose – The treaty was duly signed. The fifties gave us ‘rock and roll’, The ‘swinging sixties’, Beatles “Rubber soul”, And psychedelic seventies dress so droll - Music and drugs were intertwined. As the century came to a close Terrorism grew and gained more foes, Technology only added to our woes - Innocents to graveyards were consigned. Beliefs are selected like ‘pick-and-mix’, People choose what gives a quick ‘fix’, The Prince of Darkness is up to his tricks - Moral compasses become misaligned. Families fractured, all looks grim, Ethics discarded at a whim, Society dances on a volcanic brim – Listen, the death-knell of Humankind? [comments] => 1 [counter] => 173 [topic] => 51 [informant] => windowguy [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Event )
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