Poem To Stop The War
             ( a laureates decree )            

   “ Pen a peace and stop the war “

            
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       Request denied, my integrity

    would be compromised by such

   a contribution, because I was not

summoned to compose one for Iraq.


      Besides, death is the ultimate

  democracy, as not all are fortunate

  enough to be born, but those of us

who were, get the opportunity to die.


The problem is, not at the same time.


   Everyone has an axe to grind with

   the colonisers and sure what could

sweeter than to see the great powers

annihilate themselves, everyone loves

fireworks, we missed 1666 in London.


  Russell Brand said he doesn’t want

  to see a nuclear escalation because

    he has children, piffle I say, that is

       like a woman pushing a pram

     out on to the street to halt traffic.


   The earth shows up those of value

  and those who are good for nothing,

besides, if you believe in God there's

  nothing to fear and the evolutionists

   don’t mind a bit of it either, so no, I

     refuse to write an anti war poem.