The Target
By
WHIM-WHAM.
[Following the violent German air raids on Bath, the Berlin radio described the city as "the spa of British plutocrats." It added: "These raids are hitting the right people . .'. It is clear that the raids exclusively hit British plutocrats."-Cable news item.] H AVE I indeed so much misjudged The Fuhrer’s Motives, thinking that He bombed to wreck our industries And lay our ancient Cities flat? Not comprehending all the Time What he was really aiming at, A Target worthy of his Zeal, The hated British Plutocrat! S? that is why his bomber Crews Have flung Explosives far and wide, From rocky Malta to Murmansk Their ruthless Energies applied! The Fuhrer says, You never know Just where these Millionaires may hideIn Londoni’s East, in Leningrad, Who knows what Plutocrats reside? Ys, Hitler hates the Plutocrat Whose wicked Wiles the World enthral. How many Million Men must die? How many Million Bombs must fall? What Beauty and what Innocence Must yet be banished past Recall, Before he has completely spent His anti-Plutocratic Gall? CR am I wrong? And Can it be That Conscience makes that Man afraid To face the Facts and own the real Intentions of the Terror-raid? And makes him call some shattered Town A Place where Plutocrats have playedJust juggling Words to justify The monstrous Havoc he has made? .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 150, 8 May 1942, Page 4
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224The Target New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 150, 8 May 1942, Page 4
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