Lawrence Hall
[email protected]
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
The Compensatory Manosphere
For our cabinet-room commandos
They are loud with their manly talk of war
Scripted by John Wayne, chopped-salad cliches
Rat-tat-tatting like studio machine guns
On the Flanders’ fields of grade-school recess
They never heaved a buddy’s chopped remains
Into a dust-off barely touching the ground
Rotors screaming, wounded screaming, blood
Instead, they polish their torpedoes and CVs
“Signal ‘Charge!’”
Is their computer keyboard battle cry
Their wives listening in as young soldiers die
Apr 28, 2025
Apr 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM UTC
Lawrence Hall
[email protected]
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
The Compensatory Manosphere
For our cabinet-room commandos
They are loud with their manly talk of war
Scripted by John Wayne, chopped-salad cliches
Rat-tat-tatting like studio machine guns
On the Flanders’ fields of grade-school recess
They never heaved a buddy’s chopped remains
Into a dust-off barely touching the ground
Rotors screaming, wounded screaming, blood
Instead, they polish their torpedoes and CVs
“Signal ‘Charge!’”
Is their computer keyboard battle cry
Their wives listening in as young soldiers die