Some from History

In Yorba Linda
As they buried Richard Nixon's body
With a televised farewell wave,
I recalled Byron's urging pilgrims
To piss on Castlereagh's grave.

Syzygy, July, 1969
On the day his brother-sent rocket reached
The back of the moon's beyond
Ted Kennedy's Olds was being pulled
From a Chappaquidick pond.

In Retrospect
Looking back there can be
No ifs, ands, or buts:
Everyone in the 60's
Went a little nuts.

Old Blood and Guts
George Patton knew the simplicity of war:
Make the enemy the villain of the story.
Order your troops to make the other guy
Pro patria sui mori.

Agincourt
Never rained there down a deadlier shower
Out of the noonday sun
Than that of four hundred English archers
Letting loose and all as one.