DESERT STORM

DESERT STORM

  Claims countered claims

Around the Euphrates plains

Oil boiled in the desert

Where Tigris flows in portions

Gulf is east in the middle And flames from oil Like dragon the beast Fried lives for unwanted toast   Blames were shifted from man to man

On Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi

The out-pouring Allies moved in As the precious black fluid Leached on sandy dunes While ocean showed the sleek Arab on Arab violation cannot be a Jihad   Talks out-smarted talks Prolonged delays dragged unsettled Patience to her limits Till dateline is past and gone Storm gathered on the desert The mother of all battles began As another yelled for help From fear of loosing the land and oil   Sovereignty is invaded Rights gone with the wind Committed parties had long before The resurfaced hurricane wind Blown from the westerly Crossed the Rubicon on monsoon And gathered the allies in league With tanks of mass destruction On heavy artillery mounted Against the republican guards   Cyclone roved Rocks cannoned down the sandy plain

In the ocean of India, as on land

The whirlwind encircled And spiral waves brought afloat Deadly submarine shots on targets Coast is cleared of mines for landing Metal birds flew from floating mansions Of fire and smoke spitting rockets In formation with anti-scud The skies of Baghdad were lit

Kuwait was liberated.