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Tanks-A-Lot

Hey everyone A new job I got From none other Than Tanks-A-Lot We build large tanks Two everyday And that is how We earn our pay Hey everyone We’re going to ship Thirty two tanks At ten mill a clip So let’s give it Our very best shot Courtesy of Tanks-A-Lot Hey everyone Now we can play Here come the tanks From the USA Let’s rush them out To the front line Those Tanks-A-Lot Are sure looking fine --------- Hey everyone Those new machines Just blew my house To smithereens Along with my neighbors Now all in a mess How did they do it Tanks-A-Lot, I guess Hey everyone They’ve blown our town Into rubble Everything’s down What did we do, are We ‘X-marks the spot’ Thanks a lot Tanks-A-Lot ------------- They’re just bulls-eyes To raise money on Money that’s borrowed To blow up their town Each dollar borrowed Profits big shots Then they spend it On Tanks-A-Lot Interest is owed Money is made Out of thin air It’s a charade That’s dirty business Making people rot To profit the top And Tanks-A-Lot

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Joe Maverick

Date: 4/20/2025 10:01:00 AM

Hmm...How often will people fall.?? For the Grandiose gesture.' For pity or sympathy..What Will it take?? I hear the cogs clicking in wiley Minds.' Digits calculated.' While some vetrans Are in despair.' Some sleep uneasy waiting evection from their home.' Or perhaps they are Contemplating suicide.? Maybe someone cares? Yet back to those tanks 'they keep rumbling on' over the dead and the living.. I Wonder for how long.?

Duke Beaufort

Date: 2/14/2025 1:10:00 PM

Thanks David, you do point out the irony of the weapons industry. Building weapons benefits a few, but drains the rest of us. We would be wise to develop peace as an alternative. I wonder why that doesn't happen? Seems like a no brainer.

David Fisher
Date: 2/22/2025 4:52:00 PM

Thank you too, Duke for reading many of my entries. I think they skipped over peace in the dictionary, and went right to pieces.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 2/9/2025 9:21:00 PM

You're velcro. ~ Thai Shoes

Panagiota Romios

Date: 2/8/2025 11:08:00 PM

Dearest dsvid, I am tired out of my mind so this is a little confusing right now. What it does remind me of for no reason is that I am from Chicago and spent my life there. I miss the great ethnic foos and events. Tanks a lot instead of Thanks, and the team called the Bears are called Da Bears) and had to learn English when I moved West Phillies winning. Sorry for my spelling errors. Pangiexx

David Fisher
Date: 2/9/2025 4:42:00 PM

Tanks, I mean thanks Pangie for your comments. Plus we thank Da Bears for a great super bowl in the mid 80's.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 2/7/2025 8:41:00 PM

Thanks a bushel for this poem. The rhyme is cute, and it makes me laugh. I'm glad you're back

David Fisher
Date: 2/9/2025 4:40:00 PM

Thanks Hilda, parody poetry is a good pairing.