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BEEWAR

Here in France where war is hell, we have another threat as well,

Which though not trained the Hitler way, is in our hair and looks to stay,

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Be he brown or be he yellow, the honeyed bee’s an irksome fellow,

His lot be not to soar and roam, hunting dew to carry home,

But rather then this buzzing thing, believes his lot be just to sting,

Believes that his appointed task, be stinging one without one’s ask,

To find a cheek or neck real bare, and plant his tail-borne dagger there,

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So soon if we would all be home., untouched by he of honeycomb,

They’d better give the Frenchman’s bee, a loving coat of DDT.

Gordon A.Groebe

FRANCE – October , 1944