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Poems by Chip Post

Afterthoughts of the Persian Gulf

Tis growing the feelings we're righting wrongs
Says public opinion "the war was good"
They're singing those dated old marching songs
Blind blatant witnesses misunderstood
Creating deductions, “the old are wise”
Publishing findings so easily sold
Pictures discerning, such innocent eyes
Collecting money from streets paved of gold
Yet empty images we acquire
Wanton and laden our misconceived means
Foreign resources, who wouldn't aspire
While lawful tailors keep so’ing what seems
So grows the feelings we have no concern
So goes the meanings we don't seem to learn