Leon Adams, 'The God of War'

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The God of War
Thoughts on the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia

Mars has again descended from his throne
To ravage earth with bloody human strife;
To break away the bonds of peace and love
And send one nation warring with another,
As sparrows combat o'er a trifling crumb;
To wash the verdant earth with sickening blood
And herald death into a million homes.
The fields are strewn with reeking, dying men
Filled with the thoughts and hopes of worlds gone mad.
The future? Famine! Poverty! And Strife!
Wars are made by men who seek to line
Their itchy pockets with dishonoured loot.
God sighs. Life goes on.

By Leon Adams, November 1935

Italy's invasion of Ethiopia began October 3, 1935.