War Subtracts and Never Adds
The victors own the spoils of war.
The losers are the spoils.
In warfare even when there’s draw.
The human loss the soul recoils.
War subtracts and never adds.
Its aim is never life but death.
It targets lives of fighting lads.
Once exalted, now seen as shibboleth.
So while we weep and while we mourn.
The aftermaths of human folly.
Let us pay heed to what is borne.
The human loss we cannot ever truly tally.
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No human loss from warfare can we ever truly tally.
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Written on January 28, 2024
Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 28, 2024
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| Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 414 |
| Words | 90 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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