This War will be Four
Cave painting of a battle between archers, Morella la Vella, Spain.
This war will be four
for if it were to be three
we would be dissimulating
a half-century of conflict
known as the Cold War
which was
unbearably hot
around much of the world
Looking forward
such as is my disposition
I smell a conflict
that will put wars bygone
into a separate category
from that which is about to come
A war that will be more vicious
more global
more drawn out
than anything we have known before.
World War I was supposed to last weeks
It lasted four years
World War II was supposed to last months
It lasted six years
World War III/ The Cold War was supposed to last seconds
It lasted half a century…
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