Laggard at going halfway
A step to be square with
Hostility obviating the course
In stew on a swing refusing to halt

Out with the old and
In with the new
Belligerence has done its miles
Time to discard it in favor of
Tying the laces towards reconciliation

Amour propre in a golden cage
Selfdom ruling its own kingdom
Clean as a hounds tooth
Besserwesser doesn't want to hear

Bugle sounds echoing
Hurt egos loaded their six
Faster at the draw doesn't matter
This goes on till you empty the calibre

Enemy without form
A wounded sense of pride
Cover up by operation on
Faceless warriors battle rages on

Only flaw in creation
Greatest nemesis created
Hubris in humans unexpected
Recall operations initiated

Nothing as certain as death and taxes
He made death certain
His way of recall
Made a warped one after all