W: A War of Words (in my email this morning) I LIKE this

[seventhson]

'Wishing Well'
- by Ian Reed -

A wealthy, witless, weekend warrior,
Unworthy, wicked, wayward, wimpish, weak,
An unweened wastrel and whistler of wind,
Wool-wearing wolf,<1> weasel, or wily worm,
With whipped up words of wrath unwarranted,
With whoppers wrapped up in warped wit and writ,
With wormwood witchcraft wreaking worldwide woe,
Unwisely waged a wrongful, wasteful war,
Without a who, when, wherefore, why or what,
Wrung out the winepress of each weeping wound
In wreckage wrought by Wolfowitzian whim.
The winking wanker of the Whitewashed House,
Womanish wonder wooing worldly worship,
Has with the "Willing" wielded weapons on
The woeful widow and the wasted wight
In warring wont to wipe the wide world white.
We in the wilderness would witness why
We want no W. this wintertime.
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Copyright Ian Reed - Aug. 15, 2004
'Poetic Injustice', a collection of poems about
the U.S. invasion of Iraq, is at:
http://www.ReedandWrite.com

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<1> Matthew 7:15

[rullery]

1. Beautiful poetry!

Reed is masterful, and the poem is devastating. I love the biblical reference too; wolves in sheeps' clothing indeed!