May 21, 2024Poem
Oh! why do they like it so?
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Oh! why do they like it so?
The scarlet uniform
The drumming
The battle and the fray
The clash of steel
The crash of guns
When heard from far away
The scarlet of the uniforms
To keep the blood at bay
The way the soldiers shriek
And squeal
The way the dying pray
Oh why do they like it so
Until it comes their way
The scarlet and the drumming
The bodies in the clay
The way all baby soldiers die
Beneath a blood-red sky
In cruisers run aground
In torn red coats
And baseball caps
Strewn on grassy mounds
In rags and bones
And polished brass
With trumpets playing taps.
The scarlet and the drumming
The stirrup and the strap.
The way the homeless
Beg and scrape
And fight for every scrap
The scarlet and the drumming
The killing and the crap.