The poem
Next year we are to bring all the soldiers home For lack of money, and it is all right. Places they guarded, or kept orderly, Must guard themselves, and keep themselves orderly. We want the money for ourselves at home Instead of working. And this is all right.
It's hard to say who wanted it to happen, But now it's been decided nobody minds. The places are a long way off, not here, Which is all right, and from what we hear The soldiers there only made trouble happen. Next year we shall be easier in our minds.
Next year we shall be living in a country That brought its soldiers home for lack of money. The statues will be standing in the same Tree-muffled squares, and look nearly the same. Our children will not know it's a different country. All we can hope to leave them now is money.
totaly true
There's a line missing in the first stanza; as you'll notice the first stanza is a line shorter than the other two. The line should be between line 3 and line 4, commenting on line three.
Please fix the poem.
Kyle is right! the line that appears to be missing is: "Must guard themselves, and keep themselves orderly."
Bekz xx