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From A German War Primer

ST

HE

LY

It is considered low to talk about food.

The fact is:  they

Already eaten.

The lowly must leave this

Without having

Any good meat.

For wondering where they come from

Where they are

The fine evenings find

Too exhausted.

They have not yet

The mountains and the great

When their time is already up.

If the lowly do

Think about what's

They will never rise.

HE

AD OF

HE

RY

LL

EN

Meat has become unknown.

The pouring out of the people's sweat.

The laurel groves have

Lopped down.

From the chimneys of the arms

Rises smoke.

HE

ER

KS

AT

ES TO

The forests still grow.

The fields still

The cities still stand.

The people still breathe.

ON

HE

AR

HE

AY IS

ET

Every month, every

Lies open still.  One of those

Is going to be marked with a cross.

HE

RS

RY

UT

OR

The merchants cry out for markets.

The unemployed were hungry.  The

Are hungry now.

The hands that lay folded are busy again.

They are making shells.

SE

HO

KE

HE

AT

OM

HE

Teach contentment.

Those for whom the contribution is

Demand sacrifice.

Those who eat their fill speak to the

Of wonderful times to come.

Those who lead the country into the

Call ruling too

For ordinary men.

EN

HE

RS

AK OF

The common folk

That war is coming.

When the leaders curse

The mobilization order is already written out.

SE AT

HE

OP

AY:

ND

Are of different substance.

But their peace and their

Are like wind and storm.

War grows from their

Like son from his

He

Her frightful features.

Their war

Whatever their

Has left over.

ON

HE

LL

AS

ED:

They want war.

The man who wrote

Has already fallen.

SE AT

HE

OP

AY:

This way to glory.

Those down below say:

This way to the grave.

HE

AR

CH IS

Is not the first one.  There

Other wars before it.

When the last one came to an

There were conquerors and conquered.

Among the conquered the common

Starved.  Among the

The common people starved too.

SE AT

HE

OP

AY

Reigns in the army.

The truth of this is

In the cookhouse.

In their hearts should

The selfsame courage.

On their

Are two kinds of rations.

EN IT

ES TO

NG

NY DO

That their enemy is marching at their head.

The voice which gives them their

Is their enemy's voice

The man who speaks of the

Is the enemy himself.

IT IS

The married

Lie in their beds.  The young

Will bear orphans.

AL,

UR

NK IS A

UL

It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.

But it has one defect:

It needs a driver.

General, your bomber is powerful.

It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.

But it has one defect:

It needs a mechanic.

General, man is very useful.

He can fly and he can kill.

But he has one defect:

He can think.

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