Dear George and Johnny

[lola_con_cola]

Inscription for a War

Stranger, go tell the Spartans
                         We died here obedient to their commands
                                Inscription at Thermopylae

Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;
Go back to those who sent us here.

We are the young they drafted out
To wars their folly brought about.

Go tell those old men, safe in bed,
We took their orders and are dead.

A.D. Hope