Summer, 2009
September 2, 2008
The Summer of 2009,
John McCain won, it’s Battle Time
China breaks its quiet, Japan turns Right
Russian ships get the Cuban green-light
Americans panic! Reds near our shores!
Surely one shot would mean total war
The Dow plunging, the Dollar weak
The over-stretched Yanks are in knee-deep!
Iran, Syria amassing as one
Israel watches, loading her gun
North Korea’s been quiet for months
Secretly, troops move to the front
Afghanistan struggles, a Taliban surge
The newspapers scream “Will we never learn?”
Iraq’s al-Sadr militia checkmates the King
All falls down, the analysts sing
Europe’s not what it used to be
One could mistake it for 1914
The Balkans unstable, a new carved-up map
The Caucuses ripe for an East-West clash
France evokes De Gaulle, Italy, Ill Duce
These once peaceful nations armed to the tooth
For it is the same old story, the Provocateurs of late?
Russia, China and the U.S.A
Now McCain makes a stand, Putin makes his too
Jintao of China remains quiet and aloof
Will the trigger be Korea, Ukraine or Iran?
Or will it be from left-field, from Germany or Japan?
The world is waiting anxiously, trying to forget
that history repeats time and time again,
Let us hope and pray that we step back from the brink
because the Clash of the Titans is nearer than we think
