Best Legionnaire Poems

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Mithraism

“20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass. 21 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, 22 miracles in the land ......

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...Laurel's in heaven a girl kissed him
He's going around with a stupid grin
Hardy's jealous he wants a girlfriend
He's out of luck no money to spend.

Hardy's become a legionnaire
Uniform......

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...It was the time of Hadrian
18 years old, became a man
Said, goodbye to those back there
Left, became a legionnaire
Bade farewell to all at home
Serve and protect the gates of Rome
Became a mason, bui......

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Light da Roman candles
for da coming Chariots of Pharaoh holiday
Dem New Publicans
be back in pyramid power
Give a Caesar Palace casino hip, hip-hooray

Happy daze are here again!
D......

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...Pistol-proud, Virginia-vain,
Deaf to danger, numb to pain,
Born a century too late,
George Patton spat at Fate.

Underneath the bombshell’s burst,
He knew this was not the first
Blood of enemi......

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...Black Blazers we all wear;
I just sit and stare;
Hearing about things I don't care;
Do not close your eyes, just don't dare
Do not speak your truth, Oh! they will just glare;
Step out of the lin......

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Peel back the onion tear squeals
coming from a televised live politico lynch rally
See the sound byte rubber duckie
teflon touting 
his favorite effigy combustible hits

Penguin stru......

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...I hear the music of the night, and as the angels  begin to sigh   
the last ribbons of light fall loose across my path 
God , vigilant illusionist of all times 
as you scry the moon for me tonight......

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...“Death to Caesar!!!”

“What!!  What did you say???”

I said:  “Breath to Caesar!!”
“Long and healthy and contented breath.”

“So which of his Legions are you a part of?”

“OH!  God, if there......

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...He pulls 
the eiderdown 
Over his skinny 
little head 
Flashbacks in his mind 
Of a nasty video 

One which scared him 
Almost out 
of his little mind 
If only he could rewind 
Starting back 
at the ......

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...Albert G Walpole, proud legionnaire
Clerk to the council for all of his days
Lived with his mother in Hartington D'Arcy
Nice little end terrace, quite set in his ways

But one Sunday evening,......

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...I watched Shulamate dance, swirling, whirling
my intoxicated mind fast twirling.
Flame of Setif, Algieria burning
great lust deep within as I was drinking.
Legionnaire of “Sidi Bel Abbes”, bless
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...To The Forgotten

Military history is written by the victors.
Generals and politicians who stamp
their names on the pages of books
written by men and women in ivory towers.

It is actually mad......

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...I walked without her through a tentacled forest. Skulls broke beneath butters. A scarlet-and-gold clad Legionnaire, unequipped for darkness, richer than Deutsch chocolate. A lance bogged in moist mar......

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...Just a quick notification that
A new resident was on his way
Giving  us enough time to get 
A room ready for him to stay
Not our usual type of client
A Veteran French Legionnaire
It was beyond ......

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