The Green Zone Pool

Don’t leave your gun by the Green Zone Pool
When cooling off there in Iraq
Keep your gun always
Within your arm’s reach
In case the insurgents attack
And when taking a shower
Or within a bower
Keep your hands on your gun at all times
Though things seem to go well
You can’t never tell
Who or where they’re laying their mines

Mdailey
07/15/08

The title of this verse is from a report out of Iraq on the lax enforcement of the rules on arms control in the war zone. I just liked the sing-song sound of it. I am pretty sure they meant ‘weapon’ where they said gun. But we all know what a “gun” is to the military mind and for those in doubt; a bower can be a cool shady area or a lady’s boudoir in an old castle. Bear all these definitions in mind when reading this verse.