Tom J. Mariani Poems

Just an observation on the anniversary of the failed intelligence that led to the US being unprepared and surprised by the attack on Pearl Harbor. An estimated loss of American lives that day 3,400.
It was also on this date in 1917 that the US declared war on Austria-Hungary.
I write this in light of the recent reevaluation of Iran's nuclear capability and intentions. Two articles in the London Times today reflect that we haven't come very far since 1917. 1) 'It should ceretainly not be the basis for declaring peace in our time and welcoming those nice Iranians back into the global family....(Iran's) proxies and friends in Hezballah and Hamas and among the Iraqi Shia extremists.'
2) new threats of Balkins conflict - -Serbia made threats of war with the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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She wants a poem
Read to her by candlelight
While she sits at a small table
This would be sheer delight
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Games we used to play
With sticks and cap guns
We made noises with our mouths
Of shooting getting shot and dying
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Thought I knew
Where this was a goin'
Sure read the signs wrong
She was a showin'
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Do I want
To fall in love again?
No.
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No wasted energy here
You have to watch closely
Before you realize that older
And gray to playing way
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I've recently taken a long hard look
To see what's missing in this world
Things seem to be getting worse
What is making modern life so cold
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Resting by the road
Open to the sky
Watching for the birds
And whatever else goes by
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We're all strapped in.
When the doctor slaps your behind,
he's ripping your ticket and
away you go.
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