User blog:Lieutenant General Richard Venables/Poems, Yarns & Other Things

Introduction
A Compilation of Poems Written by myself over the past year

The Soldier
the soldier is given the order to run by the officer 6 miles away the soldier is killed by a machine gun whilst the officer is 6 miles away the soldier is left lying on the ground by the officer 6 miles away the soldier is buried without a sound while the officer sleeps 6 miles away the job is done the war is won by the soldier,6 feet in the clay

The Soldier Fights
the soldier fights for the hippys rights to protest against that soldier the soldier fights for the politions rights to send that soldier to war the soldier fights for buisness mans rights to make money the soldier fights for the policemans rights to arrest that soldier the soldier fights for school kids right to know about past soldiers the soldier fights to so that you may all sleep at night the soldier fights for religion so that you may all belive what you wish And yet the soldier fights on the soldier fights for his flag, for his country, for his life 

==The Ballad of the Rivers Edge== The River Edge,

As I sit smoking quietly by the river’s edge,

I take time to sit and ponder; life’s little wonder of yonder

And as I quietly stir the water with my toes

I loudly chew a quid of tobacco



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