Wednesday, August 3, 2016

The Tartar War: Part I

The Tartar War: Part I
This will echo my earlier posts for the first few chapters.

I: The Fog

The war that held the nations in a general calamity
According to official records, modestly began at sea
A slender drop of tartar on a navigator's instrument
Induced an incident that would be lastingly significant

Away from safe and neutral waters for her taunting exercise
The vessel trespassed flagrantly as all onboard remained unwise
Where testing of new armaments to better to deploy know how
Provoked a hail of angry shots that sharply glanced across her bow

The consequential rupture through the highest power's corridor
Cost influential delegates their once precarious rapport
A trade agreement, months to mend, summarily was voted down
As seafood flew in hot exchange before the speaker's sternest frown

There hadn't been in ages a dispute sufficiently intense
For eagerest belligerents to test their limits of defence
Or for a young man restless in the stagnant atmosphere of peace
To have a chance to his disgruntlement against a foe release

The War Department, drawing on experiences of the past
Preferred a cautious strategy above the fury of the blast
The volatile voters were secure on the domestic front
For the initial ground campaign, the volunteers would bear the brunt

The Ministry of Propaganda's offices were set to swell
With new recruits impatient to engage their captivating spell
Instructions to the masses would arrive from them on channels wide
With memos of superiors to use as their unfailing guide

Investors scooped a windfall from the market's sudden closing turn
At least the ones who had a major stake in a defence concern
By gambling correctly on their government's combative stance
Their faith in a negotiated settlement stood not a chance

In short, the Tartar War was as ridiculous in proper name
As it would be for its commencement to on any culprit blame
A critical decision bowing to the pressures of the day
Of people in a looping chain where no one held the final say

(to be continued)
  
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