THE PULL-THROUGH THAT I SPLICED

[Pull-through = cord, spliced with rag strips,
pulled through rifle barrels for cleaning.
Cottage industry during World War Two.
N.B. A first attempt at this “rhyme scheme:
Successful - or not?]
This is the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the gun, barrel cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the Soldier who carries the gun,
barrel cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the Sergeant, large and loud, who orders
the Soldier who carries the gun, barrel
cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the General tall and proud, commanding the
Sergeant large and loud, who orders the Soldier
who carries the gun, barrel cleaned daily at set
of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the man in the Cabinet chair who issues the mandate
to start the war (and never tells anyone what it is
for) to the General tall and proud, commanding the
Sergeant large and loud, who orders the Soldier
who carries the gun, barrel cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the phone call, telling the death of the Soldier
brave to his very last breath, that is made by the
man in the Cabinet chair who issues the mandate to
start the war (and never tells anyone what it is for) to
the General tall and proud, commanding the Sergeant
large and loud, who orders the Soldier who carries the gun,
barrel cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the widow whose heart is broken by the words that
the man in the Cabinet chair has spoken who issues
the mandate to start the war (and never tells anyone
what it is for) to the General tall and proud, commanding
the Sergeant, large and loud, who orders the Soldier
who carries the gun, barrel cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

This is the son of the widow heartbroken who is sent to the bad
by the words that are spoken by the man in the Cabinet
chair who issues the mandate to start the war (and never
tells anyone what it is for) to the General tall and proud,
commanding the Sergeant, large and loud, who orders the
Soldier who carries the gun, barrel cleaned daily at set of sun,
Using the pull-through that I spliced.

Why did I splice that pull-through?
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