In war-time there’s a ‘class’ hiatus <br />Snobbish rules are set aside <br />Low class citizens attain the status <br />That is, in peace, for them denied <br /> <br />Class systems for centuries have strived <br />To separate the high and lower masses <br />Yet in war-time this class-based system survives <br />Hypocritically, conveniently equalizing the classes <br /> <br />The young who fill the armored ranks <br />Face possible life extinction <br />For those who fight and drive the tanks <br />They make no class distinction<br /><br />Stanley Cooper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/class-distinction-3/
