september - october - Fort Sill

A FABLE
"Now, where are you located? Just where is your position?
You've sent no message, do you think we work on intuition?
How many miles ahead are you? The time when you departed?"
And Brown's voice came most awfully meek, "We're now just where we
started."
It is not necessary to carry on this tale,
For already I have told it in considerable detail,
But let me quote in closing what the general said to each
For it really was a very interesting little speech.
He spoke in words as follows, "You thought you knew your stuff,
But now I've let you try it and you've both had quite enough.
And I think you've learned that you can save yourselves a lot of harm
By a slight consideration of the other fellow's arm.
I think you've learned, in short, the value of coördination,
But you've learned, too late—you'll have to find some other occupation.
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