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Strategic Thinking

They dreamt of smart bombs

real smart, smart bombs
that would not only maim (with acceptable accuracy),
but would also while doing so, explain

in seventy two languages
the socio-
the politco-
macro-economic reasons
for their local involvement in this, the current police action.

They dreamt of smart bombs

real smart, smart bombs
that having h
it th eir
stri
ctly
mil
it
ary,

intell
ig
ence-sele
cted
tar
gets

would then spread out on Harleys,
restoring the Peace

before finally opening
a Hot Dog stand.

They dreamt of smart bombs

real smart, smart bombs
until they were told of the budgetary cut-backs.

Now they think about carpet bombing,
dropping ton upon ton of their own politicians.

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