<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,871251,00.html"> poet laureate joins doubters</a>

CAUSA BELLI by Andrew Motion

They read good books, and quote, but never learn
a language other than the scream of rocket-burn.
Our straighter talk is drowned but ironclad:
elections, money, empire, oil and Dad.

originally posted by daiichi