C troop is the sloppiest, the sergeant told me. stay away.
can’t I help them get better? I asked, my big mistake that day.
No, they are cupcakes, he told me, soft and not much good at war.
I ran over to take a peek. They were tasty, that’s for sure!
traffic buzzes by
trees sway in the autumn breeze
a dance recital
I see running feet
Disarrayed like troubled ants
Running violently in indefinite path
I see hunters
Pursuing preys dodging at gunshots
Continuously in all directions
Justification: Our cattle are hungry!
I see blood of the running feet
Splatter, splashing, in churches and mosques
In bed rooms and streets
On grasses, rocks, books, everywhere
A troop of insurgents
Has invaded our land.
They gathered as a freezing group
To plead with the sharp-shooting troop
Not to even around them snoop.
Their murderous wings not flutter but droop
For being, all affable chicks in a coop:
A working class from The South Loop
Travelling with a fun-loving troupe
And an athlete draped in his whoop…
A tears-unlocking “Please, Don’t shoot us!”
By the just-discharged from their bus
Willing to all cough out from their purse
Rather than be sent to sleep or a nurse.
Trouble In Trump Troop
Thought I saw some trouble in Trump troop;
They tried to learn how to use a hula hoop;
Had started scattering;
Record earth shattering;
Into what next did you Trump try to dupe?
Jim Horn
Trump Troop
Trump troop was discovered doing their duty,
And about them he wrote another beauty;
He did realized,
How disorganized;
Forged own names with frequent fecundity.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
They held the field, men side by side,
Their will intact, their fears subside.
They mustered in so many fields,
And held the ground, refused to yield.
At Lexington went toe to toe,
With British troops, a worthy foe.
McHenry saw our banner fly,
Against a burning brightened sky.
At Antietam, when thousands died,
They calmed themselves, fought on with pride.
On the Eastern front fought hard and well,
To rid the world of immoral hell.
The Ardennes saw fight most severe,
The troops fought, fought through their fear.
The Pacific saw men die galore,
To turn the tide at Corregidor.
At Heartbreak ridge fought through the night,
With Stand or Die their mantras might.
Khe Sahn saw men fall in droves,
When overwhelmed by local foes.
Fallujah helped the world to see,
The need to fight insurgency.
Khandahar pit the American,
Against the dreaded Taliban.
Our troops maintained, our troops prevailed,
Against each foe our troops assailed.
And though they fought with honor deep,
The fight they fought for peace to keep.
When I write a blog on the Soup
They are rarely read by it's troop
Likes the ones posted today
So many have said there say
If they were mine I'd be so cock a hoop
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