Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

If Osama Bin Laden Is Captured

If Osama Bin Laden is Captured

By Elton Camp

The president lay down to pleasant dreams
Osama Bin Laden has been caught it seems
A dream so strong shocked him wide awake
“He mused, what direction will this now take?”

Will the man just sit in the martyrs’ chair?
Having now been captured may put him there
What developments can we expect to ensue?
Will acts of violence his imprisonment renew?

What if insistent demands for the zealot’s release
Are the price his followers demand for peace?
How many deaths of innocents would be enough
To decide that holding him is just far too tough?

Most likely bin Laden we will hold for a while
But how soon, if ever, will he be put on trial?
If convicted, what punishment will we decide?
Shall he be put to death or in prison long reside?

The president paced the floor in total dismay
He didn’t know what to the nation best to say
As he was about to give in to most total grief
Realizing it was a dream brought him great relief

          “Be careful what you wish for.  
                You just might get it.”

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Elton Camp February 18, 2011 at 6:16 PM Thanks, Gwendolen. I've written a number of poems on history, but find that sometimes they don't get many reads. An example is "The Founding Grandfather" that I posted recently. Very few reads although it "rounds out" a historical character fairly nicely, I think. Elton

Gwendolen Song February 18, 2011 at 5:17 PM I am tickled to read political/history poems. We must have more! Creativity-an 8!

Elton Camp February 18, 2011 at 5:49 AM Chris, Imagine a tough jostles you, grabs your billfold, and runs away. You run after him shouting, "Stop thief!" and he DOES stop. You are now face-to-face with him and you see a gang of his armed friends watching and muttering angrily. Now what! Elton

Robert Pettit February 17, 2011 at 8:46 PM Elton, you have another glorious writing here with your usual great descriptiveness and rhyming. I can't imagine what would become of Bin Laden, and what his followers might do if he were captured.