oh, what a gracious and selfless gesture

pass on the parchment like holy scripture

accept it since choice is not an option

no say in the matter like adoption

raise them fast and strong if you think it's wrong

they were armed with sound and found the list too long

all of the ships were ordered to be burned

if they weren't then what would the sheep have learned?

leather boots broke doors for better loot

sheep cowering in corners like deaf mutes

brought pain with plunder and rain and thunder

their only chance

like ants

was to go under

camps with blinding light and restless knife fights

comrades in old rags plot to take back rights

crude weaponry to avenge the infantry

the sheep assembled a tight company

sticks stones skewered through the wolves' skin and bones

cracked skulls seized hulls and desecrated thrones

the first slaughter was for their murdered daughters

the second for the first's fallen brothers

the cycles of genocide never died

the sheep and wolves held fast at their sides

the wolves tried to amend for their intrusion

the sheep said extinction was the solution

now propaganda and rebellion

decide property laws and the felons

chaos conjured by crossing boundaries

across injured natives their lands and seas

the sheep bred new militia and pity

they force fed and read it their history

states of morals and nationalism

all based on distant grudges and isms