STRAFE
GOOT STRAFE ENGLAND
100 yrs. ago a Weapon of Mass Destruction
was used for the 1st time April 22 1915 On a
day when Spring gets into the blood Ian Sinclair
Canadian Highlander Ypres Then a HISS +
yellow-green chlorine gas poured over the trenches
5,730 canisters
Soldiers were running hither+tither like madmen
crying loudly for water, spitting blood, some rolling
on the ground struggling to breathe The thing was
that WMDs were already illegal in 1915
So who was Fritz Haber at the end of the day? The
chemist responsible for these fledgling gas attacks
said: It’s a way of saving countless lives, the war will
end sooner Fritz’s wife also a chemist did not agree
She shot herself with his pistol
Later the British +the Americans sided with Fritz both in
the Battle of Loos +twice in Japan where 106,000 were killed
atomically Japan too was not immune carrying out biological
warfare in WWII Wells were poisoned with cholera+typhoid +
bombs were dropped with plague infested fleas
It’s hard to point a finger Fritz was just a chemist the others
Presidents Dictators +Prime Ministers Think Brigadier General
Jack D. Ripper a fictional madman with his finger on the trigger
And while you’re at it think Kim Jong-un
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Spring 2015
songanddancegirl 