A poem written is like a Scud. <br />Will it soar like a bird, or flop like a dud? <br />Will it strike a nerve, and touch a heart, <br />And blow some searching soul apart? <br />Will it hit the target, or miss the mark? <br />Will it conflagrate or merely spark? <br />Will it hit dead center, left or right? <br />Will it cause world peace or inflame a fight? <br />Can you lesson the effect of a poem or a missile? <br />If it's possible at all, <br />I think now <br />That <br />This'll?<br /><br />bob eichen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poems-of-mass-destruction/
