a very scandinavian war

A Very Scandinavian War.


The tide was out when the occupiers left,
the land was dry when allied soldiers
waded ashore, with booze cigarettes and
the sweetest of candy bars.

Women, who had slept with the foe and,
had had their hair shorn, wore shawl and
were ready to welcome the allies, they
looked lovely and shorn hair was in.

The virtuous could do nothing, but mutter
into their grimy pillows. And as the seas
turned, schools of sardines came back to
the rugged coast and the country was rich.

As years past the story had it that it was
the people themselves who, had, with
courage, risen up, as one, and routed
the enemy across borders and into the sea