Sich

Strum your Kobza
oh old grey one
tell them
how we escaped
to the Sitch
tell them
how our children
became
warriors
to go back
to their lords
to bring them
to their knees
to repay them
for their kindness
by hanging them
in the trees.
Tell our
enemies
you grey old
warrior
to run
when they hear
the hoofs
of our horses.
To run
when we ride
through the
wheat we have sown.
Tell them
to run
not to look back
until they reach
the borders
that all these
Demons
had come from.

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