A Pulse in the Eternal Mindlessness

Lord Kitchener told England's sons:
Your country needs you to fight Huns!
They've murdered civilians
In hundreds of millions,
And done dreadful things to the nuns!

For Belgium it's nearly too late!
She cannot be left to her fate!
Fight, boys of our nation,
For Civilisation:
Remember the Congo Free State!

Centenary blessings you'll reap;
So proudly we'll smile as we weep.
You'll not fall for nought
When your death will have bought
Political points on the cheap!

Blooper Crooke