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MARKED JUSTICE, by                    
First Line: Mars flaunts his glittering armor and a flash
Last Line: Let the foreigner mould bullets for the greedy.


Mars flaunts his glittering armor and a flash
Of lightning flicks the heavens doomed to smash
Man's hopes for peace; infernal weapons clash
And leave a trail of misery -- marked justice.

A death's head grins beyond the campfire's glow
And flecks of crimson stain the moonlit snow.
All Hell must laugh in ghoulish glee below
At this stark madness -- marked justice.

And now, must we still meet the spirit faces
Of those we left in France and note the traces
Of war-scarred fields, and homes -- the blasted places
Bleak desolation -- marked justice?

No, we resolve! War's traps shall not prevail!
We see in dreams the faces stark and pale
Of sons and fathers who in leaden hail
Found only death -- marked justice.

Remain at home to clothe and feed our needy,
Let the foreigner mould bullets for the greedy.





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