RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD HISTORY
The Epic Killers (The Killing Spirit)
The epic killers of history
Enjoy a modest reputation
By comparison to what they did
It merits investigation
Mao was an epic killer
Known for his little red book
Many thousands lost their lives
Though Chinese history will not look
Stalin was an epic killer
Who purged political enemies
Execution was his trademark
He killed men as if they were fleas
Custer and Crook were epic killers
Sand Creek and Washita River
They massacred women and children
With a coldness that makes you shiver
But the most epic killers in history
Are those yet to come
For the killing spirit is alive and well
And the scale will leave us numb
(see Wasichu: The Killing Spirit
By Jack Random)