Ghost Troop Home Page April Fools Part 4
(Dedicated to Journalistic Art)
I
feel
like
a chump captain in a Western reel,
with
his dancehall girl who sang a song
for
him alone (she said), then done him wrong!
So
much for thoughts of Chivalry,
or
the honor of the Cavalry…
Now
for some self pity, 90 proof:
I’m
not the first to be made a goof!
It
happens to everyone, A right through Z…
Why
the hell did I think “It won’t happen to
me!”?
That
I hadn’t been fooled was my greatest
boast!
(I
guess that’s the part that hurts the most…)
She
didn’t believe me, or (foul and worst)
she
thought she’d damn well be the first!
To
tame my pride, she used the whip –
It
wasn’t a slip…
Well,
here’s to my dame of the sacred heart,
with
open arms – and legs apart!
So
now it’s back to the trail of tears,
which
only lengthens with the years;
even
heroics are boring me now – it’s depressing
when
there’s nobody left worth impressing.
‘Cause
even if millions praise your name
it
all turns out the goddamn same:
It’s
ashes to ashes, and dust back to dust.
We’re born into terror and die without trust.
Captain Eric Holmes May,
PS: A couplet from Ghost Troop, 3/7 Cavalry for all Bushlings (you, Thom and Toby included):
Here is a thought that should haunt you the
most:
You can’t kill a man who’s already a ghost.
Dux May, qui fortasse morturus est, sed contentus est, nam et hodie dulce et decorum est pro patria – et contra regem – mori.
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