Making Up the Number's

Striding outside the castle wall's 
On stricken donkey's 
With only a Mexican blanket for a saddle
The rider pinces 
For king and country 
My stomach is hungry
As are the wizened children 
Behind the gates 
Conscripted to the work house's 
The furnaces blast
In metal casts 
Swelling the army 
Making up the number's
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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