God, King, and Country - a original poem

... and are those souls
that erroneously believed
the church could them shelter
now ...

floating in the clouds
lounging in VIP reception
or cruising on the hot tail
of a comet?

the angry mob which discovered
democracy is not democratic
but whatever the bossman says.

I'm not going to read no more
what is writ
in the book of war

ignorance and suffering
is what I see
violence taught in ways
no longer subtle

Image Battle of Waterloo 1815, by William Sadler II at Wikimedia.