Irony 'War' vs Satire 'Peace'
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Poetic Form: Shape
Inspired: 2023 November 30
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They'd be war a'coming
nay a battle
for wars a meant to last ...!
They say wars do end ...
and then they turn into battles
then battles become personal
then personal becomes private
and then private goes behind closed doors ...
Ahh, ... then when those doors open
they hold up a paper
and on that paper
it has their signed names
still wet with inked stains
and on that so-called paper
with the contents thereon
just a fraction of it
just the gist of it
just be but a tiny ...
'piece' ...
the word ...
'
P
E
A
C
E'.
Oh, 'GAWD-awful' of me
don't forget that period at ...
T E
H N
E D ...
Then the funniest thing had happened
in the 'little' or 'long'
thereafter,
depending on how you value your time ...
T I D
H N R
E K IED ...
As I said
They'd be war a'coming
... but then again,
It could be just a ...
R
U
M
O
R.
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