Total Contrition

After only the odd year or three,
I can say that we finally see
And admit, more or less,
That our use of CS
Was maybe a little too free.

Legitimate protest, we know,
Should only be met with gas-flow
In the absence, let's say,
Of those cannons that spray
All that lovely, high-speed H₂O.

We are happy that no-one was slain,
Though it's true that you suffered some pain;
We used too much force,
And we're sorry, of course,
Until we can do it again.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howitzer