RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: IRAQ
Leaving Iraq
At long last we are leaving Iraq
Joe Biden gave the order
No one knows when we’ll be back
Iran is on the border
We were there to fight the Islamic State
Or so the handbook says
Now we will have to delegate
The blue coats leave the rez
Iraq was a disastrous war
An act of reckless ambition
Someday we’ll be back for more
To lose another war of attrition
It’s a story old as Roman days
The conquerors and crusades
It’s as if there is no other way
Our memory seems to fade
We’ll do it all again someday
We will start a fool’s endeavor
Some president will want to play
Despite our cries of Never!
It comes with too much power
To place in one man’s hands
Ambition claims the hour
The want of another’s land
