RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WAR
War Fever
War is like a fever
It rises and it spreads
When she speaks we believe her
In her wickedness and dread
From Israel to Lebanon
From Tehran to the Strait
She whispers and you’re gone
The reach of war is great
She tugs at all of Europe
The price of oil spreads the pain
The costs are going up and up
From the Emirates to Ukraine
Once you start a war it rages
Like a spiral out of sight
A scourge upon the ages
Until she saps your will to fight
The besieged people of Iran
They were slaughtered by their leaders
Now they’re dying from our bombs
Some were fooled by the deceivers
When the fever takes her toll
She will break a thousand hearts
She will pierce your very soul
She will tear your world apart
