Peace

PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

O, what's the loud uproar assailing
   Mine ears without cease?
'Tis the voice of the hopeful, all-hailing
   The horrors of peace.

Ah, Peace Universal; they woo it—
   Would marry it, too.
If only they knew how to do it
   'Twere easy to do.

They're working by night and by day
   On their problem, like moles.
Have mercy, O Heaven, I pray,
   On their meddlesome souls!

Ro Amil