DEFCON 1

The two main

European despots

defeated in the Second

World War

and the third supreme leader

of that continent

a tentative ally

later turned Cold War antagonist

are often villified

by the victors, the writers of history--

easier to attack in words

these days

since they look the same

as us

but let's not forget

the emperor

of the sun flag

who lived 'til '89

distant and malignant

declaring the sacrifice

of sex slaves

given to young men

who dove airplanes

into ships

as "Divine Wind"--

kamikaze

until desperation

overcame compassion

with projected corpses

outweighing 

the morality of physics equations

so men and women

on the justified side

built a bomb

to both end

and begin 

the madness

for the brief remaining history

of mankind.

A bloodless coup 

lacks passion.

Here we are

my brothers in Christ.