On the occasion of the 4th anniversary of 9-11, Ian Punnett presented an original poem on the 9/10/05 show.
Punnett’s Poem
They were called up for active duty
And deaths they did not deserve
Fighting terrorists in stolen jets
With just office supplies and nerve
Three thousand killed for beliefs twisted
Other than their own
Working at their desks or sitting
On flights that won’t come home
And in the end, I don’t give a damn
About the reason for this attack
I just want those towers to stand
And I want those people back
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Our servicemen and women choose
To sign up, fight and die
But victims like these don’t get a vote
Of God they must ask "why?"
Two tall towers of steel and glass, four planes
And the Pentagon
Full of people with briefcase shields
Once here but now are gone
I pray I could return my clock’s hands
Before the blue sky turned to black
Because I just want those towers to stand
And I want all those people back
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But we sure showed those bastards, didn’t we?
We brought the war to them
The next time with more than just office supplies
We took out the Taliban
And the world is better off without Hussein
And we ought not to forget it
Even if the war was--is wrong
Most Iraqis don’t regret it
Yet I’d present Al-Qaeda with Afghanistan
For Saddam, gift wrap Iraq
If I could see those two towers stand
Once more
And I could have those poor people back
© Ian Punnett, 2005
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