[lit-ideas] Re: Thursday Poem

  • From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:05:59 -0700

with what should i fix it dear lisa dear lisa
with what should i fix it dear lisa with what

with sanctions dear henry dear henry dear henry
with sanctions dear henry dear henry with that

and if the sanctions don't work dear lisa dear lisa
and if the sanction don't work dear lisa what then

well we'll bomb them dear henry dear henry dear henry
we'll bomb them dear henry with surgical strikes

and if the strikes don't prove surgical dear lisa dear lisa
and if the strikes don't prove surgical dear lisa you know?

you're a worrier dear henry dear henry dear henry
you're a worrier dear henry there's always the marines

but if the marines are spread too thin dear lisa dear lisa
but if the marines are spread too thin dear lisa will it be semper fi?

there's the army dear henry dear henry dear henry
there's the army dear henry and we'll add infinitum

but there's no infinitum without a draft dear lisa dear lisa
there's no infinitum without a draft we proved it in 'nam

you're a peacenik dear henry dear henry dear henry
your a peacenik dear henry maybe a commie to boot

but there's a hole in your theory dear lisa dear lisa
there's a hole in your theory dear lisa a hole

god will bless america dear henry dear henry dear henry
god will bless america unless i'm mistaken

but what if you're mistaken dear lisa dear lisa
but what if you're mistaken dear lisa then what

well then there'll be a hole in the bucket dear henry dear henry
then there'll be a hole in the bucket and we'll all be quite f*cked

David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon

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