home Poem List next poem Bridges And Bravado Generals get upset at notation Which seems to change as hasty occasions Quickly evolve without hesitation Despite opinions and source persuasions Retired generals just got brushed aside By those they nurtured into final place Turning against their teachers who preside Over ventured wars at the modern pace Violates martial covenants of old Leaving imagination to range far Just who else could their presence simply hold Like cloaks hold evil with darkness ajar Open as a doorway to great absence Where thought locks out consciousness known as hope In place of crumbling of their past pretense Vapors replace structure with naught to grope Confusion flies in the face of success Quick victories fall to technology Evidence of rationales and access Conceal tactical ideology Clear divisions in scientific fact Cause concern when action is contrary To principles of war's rash final act Composed of harsh intrusive summary (c)ERA 07:50 AM 4/2/03