[lit-ideas] Another Wednesday Poem
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas " <Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:37:44 -0700
Besieging a City
Besieging a city isn't as simple
As it's cracked up to be. Do it
Wrong and you've got a sieve
With nothing left but
Old folks and kids;
So you want to come
In from all sides
Assuming your target has sides;
Which they never do - always
Some outlying buildings and that's
Where they always are;
So you've got to start
Further back and
Sweep her up as you might
Dust in a bin, forcing her
Back toward the center
Which is always a problem
For she'll be evasive. They
Never want to commit.
She'll have umpteen reasons
Why you shouldn't even be there.
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