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ALL OF YOU UNDISTURBED CITIES
HAVEN'T YOU EVER LONGED FOR THE ENEMY?
I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU BESIEGED BY HIM
FOR TEN ENDLESS & GROUND SHAKING YEARS.

UNTIL YOU WERE DESPERATE & MAD WITH SUFFERING;
FINALLY IN HUNGER YOU WOULD FEEL HIS WEIGHT.
HE LIES OUTSIDE THE WALLS LIKE A COUNTRYSIDE.
& HE KNOWS VERY WELL HOW TO ENDURE
LONGER THAN THE ONES THAT HE COMES TO VISIT.

CLIMB UP ON YOUR ROOFS & LOOK OUT:
HIS CAMP IS THERE, & HIS MORALE DOESN'T FALTER,
HIS NUMBERS DO NOT DECREASE; HE WILL NOT GROW WEAKER,
& HE SENDS NO ONE INTO THE CITY TO THREATEN
OR PROMISE, & NO ONE TO NEGOTIATE.

HE IS THE ONE WHO BREAKS DOWN ALL WALLS,
& WHEN HE WORKS, HE WORKS IN SILENCE.