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LEAFLET TO NORTH VIETNAM

ERIC BURROUGHS

Dear Friends
We send these bombs to make amends
For all the other bombs we've sent
For your beneficent detriment.
It is a peace note from the President
Exhorting you to cease, desist,
And otherwise eschew resistance to the Holy Grail,
The L. B. Johnson Fire Sale.

Villagers! Ahoy! Ahoy!
And Ho Chi Minh!
Alert Hanoi!
Our U.S. bombs are bombs of reason,
Benevolent bombs in the monsoon season,
B-52's from Guam bearing napalm,
Analgesic balm.
They are designed not to bring down your defenses,
But to bring you to your senses
And to the negotiating table.
If you're still able.

Dear World
Why do you doubt us?
We bomb in all sweet reasonableness.
Our bombings are aimed at producing peace,
Inducing calm and sweet surcease.

Our bombs are aimed to do no harm,
But merely to disarm and charm
And thus create a dulcet calm
On plain, in jungle, or upon
The environs around Saigon.
Around the clock our marathon.


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