An Eye For An Eye

The Twin Tower fell A dastardly crime A fact not diminished By the passage of time. The perpetrators were Saudis, But Saudi Arabia supplied oil A comfortable relationship The West didn’t want to spoil. They had to do,something, That was quickly understood, So they invaded Afghanistan Just because they could. After twenty years of chaos The West withdrew And the rule of the Taliban Began again anew Leaving a battered country As only invasion can. Osama Bin laden and crew Had been found in Pakistan. There’s a bright end to this story Realtions with Saudi didn’t spoil And so to this very day we Can till rely on their oil. There’s a Twin Tower Memorial Bearing each victim’s name: Sadly over in Afghanistan They’ve not done the same.