Veteren’s Day

AS ALL KNOW I am braver than ALL emperors of Rome
But I’ll be damned I will visit troops in a war zone
Nor will I march in pouring rain to honor troops long dead
When you are as brave as I am you stay in your warm bed
Let others march to honor dead troops, that is beneath ME
I don’t care about troops that I “command”, they ALL serve ME!

If I want to send troops away from families on Thanksgiving
To hold back distant caravans, MY gift that keeps on giving
Who cares if it’s a stunt I pulled to influence elections?
ALL troops I “command” MUST obey each one MY directions
MY Troops are pliant props I have the RIGHT to use at will
And I WILL use them, BELIEVE ME, to pack toads on MY hill.

I am told that today was so-called “Veterans’s Day”...so what?
The only way I use MY troops is to protect MY butt
I may eventually use then to fight wars I have planned
Against former so-called “allies” with treaties I have panned
“French” bastards may be first because their rain fell endlessly
I “no-showed” twice there because dead troops do NOT deserve ME.

12 November 2018