Axis & Allies - damowords

Death of Innocence
A new beginning floats upon the breeze,
Annal of empire draws toward a close
Like some rogue priest bent double with disease,
Soon shall they quake! those cataclysmic throes;
Full ninety years
My tempers train shall delve,
Thro all the blood & tears… Nineteen Hundred & Twelve.
The Kasier calls a konferenz,
Large maps besprawl the table,
ʺAs Russia, with the funds of France,
Shall soon become full stable,
I wish the borders to advance
As soon as is able,
Dark clouds are gatherʹd yon the Vistula,
It must be war... & sooner the better.ʺ
Faint rumbles on a stormy night,
Harsh whispers in the trees,
Lush flash of light illumes the fight,
INNOCENCE on her knees,
Her grain‐faced murderer administers the final squeeze.
Europe
1912
Hitler
Elfin painter took leave of Vienna,
Fair jewel of the dual monarchy,
By officers branded ‘Herr Deserter’,
Rejected by the Arts Academie;
Some quarter‐Jew
Pluckʹd from obscurity,
Enslaved by the milieuʹs intrigues of destiny.
Dawn lit the surging Salzburg heights,
An Alp in his stout heart grew,
Those memories of bitter sleights
Cleans’d by Bavarian dew
Upon the winds the mountain kites
In eagle fashion flew…
ʺSo fate has brought me here to Germany!ʺ
Thought swept upon the wing fluttering free.
From wooded lake to street agleam
Here seemʹd a blither Rome,
As beggars dream to taste ice‐cream
He deemʹd this place his home,
Where pure‐blood Aryan & the anti‐semitic roam.
Munich
1913