Eighteen year olds die in war <br />But are not allowed a drink <br />This taboo is judicial flaw <br />Most incongruous, I think <br /> <br />Befitting Alice's looking glass <br />In her fantasy wonderland <br />Many screwball laws have passed <br />By those in high command <br /> <br />If old enough for the battle cry <br />They're old enough to guzzle <br />We shouldn't them, their drinks deny <br />Let's remove their guzzling muzzle<br /><br />Stanley Cooper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/incongruous/
