"Vanilla-Manila : Miss Your Cue - Or - Don't Even Be There" [Fawcett #21] (1John 2:16-17)

What seems to be reality
Is often not the part we see,
But in behind what now appears
Is what is real – result is tears.

Manila in the Philippines
Surrendered fast, assault their means;
A save of face for losing side,
But it got botched, like someone lied.

But no – the wind made signal flag
Blow out of sight, it made it hide
Against a background matched in tone –
So simple plan brought danger home.

If anything can then go wrong,
It will – to such-like then belongs
The loss of life – (have “screw-up-guy”
To watch for this and find out why).

The pride of life can make us do
Excessive actions just to fool
Some higher-up; to save career;
Screwed up, such actions cost us dear.

Thanks Lord for this.

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