(298)S11E10/2: Christmas Drums
A rewriting of Longfellow's "Christmas Bells" in light of modern Christendom, Empire, and Conflicts.
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- Christmas Drums:
I heard the drums on Christmas day
Cacoph'nous, tympanic display
Their noise entreats
With ideal replete
Of peace to us and death to them!
I thought of how this day once came
The Son of God in manger lain
To show the world
God's love unfurled
Of peace on earth good will to men
Til bumping, thumping drums of old
Called Christendom, to caracole
Promise of ease
With no bended knees
For peace to us and death to them!
From the darkness of those ages
Sluffed examples, broken paiges
Pow'r was gained
And so was our fame
Now peace to us and death to them!
'Twas as if God ne'er had spoken
Had not lived out in the open
His will repined
His peace redefined
As peace to us and death to them!
In triumph, then, we raised our heads
"There is now peace on earth!" we said
For we have strength
Go to any length
For peace to us and death to them!
Then thumped the drums more loud and deep
God is not dead, he is asleep
In a manger
Where lies danger
Our peace on earth, in Bethlehem
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