The militia of Berisha
trundled their tired old uniforms
into the town
for a show of strength
there was
smasmodic shelling
at the failure of pyramid selling
and salvos at the failure
of the point of pyramid saving
the rebels were poor, male, angry,
they wore wild hats
and had given up shaving.
I could have told them
it was an iceberg with no tip
especially with the Mediterranean
melting your backward flanks.
but its a good excuse
to wheel out the tanks
and counter the atrocities
the feudal animosities
hanging on in turmoil
to the longforgotten
state of it