Poetry

Gert Strydom


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30 january 2012

On an army of rebelling mercenaries (rondel) (in answer to A.E. Housman)

Those rebels wanting heaven to be falling,
who before Michael and his forces fled;
had a demonic, destructive calling
and by there wages are worse than dead;

on earth their actions are still appalling
as they only bring some sorrow and dread.
Those rebels wanting heaven to be falling
who before Michael and his forces fled,

are trying almost everything to be stalling
as their corruption and evil they spread;
the high heaven they are still recalling
as to utter destruction they do head;
those rebels wanting heaven to be falling.

[Reference: “Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries” by A. E. Housman.]






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