"Recruiting Heroes"
by Tony Zurlo


RECRUITING POSTER:
Go forth from paradise,
Joe and Jane and Bob and Bill.
Seek one insurgent-terrorist each and kill.
Guaranteed to rid the world of evil

Catch and kill a thousand Sadams
Guard the biblical marsh
Find the WMD buried beneath the dunes--

ADDENDUM:
Beware the roadside donkey cart
Beware the abandoned cab
Beware the silent alleyway
Beware the ragtag child

We shall notify your next of kin
in a timely manner.

GUARANTEE:
With Homeland Security on alert
With ports of call locked down
With the government safely under ground

We promise you a parade
down Main Street
beneath towering
skyscrapers

and rooftop sharpshooters
and gun-ship helicopters
and evacuation plans





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