Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Our Huge New Battleships. Recently, I listened to our second-term president Propose yet another scheme for our future.. This time it was that we needed twelve huge new battleships, Two being completed by 2030, the end of this decade. I was amused, but disappointed, we must have yet more war machines. Soon thereafter, I was listening to a retired naval officer discuss this plan. He expounded that the US has not completed the ships already in the making, Because this country no longer has up-to-date shipyards. He said there was no budget for such monstrous ships. He also firmly stated that such large vessels were sitting targets for our times. We needed, instead, more efficient but smaller ships, Which could agilely maneuver and separate a large target to many. He concluded, "They will never be built." In that vein, now, a portion of the White House has been destroyed, For a huge new ballroom to fulfill the president's delight, Will it ever be completed for that magnificent ball event? Responsible dreams and proposals are one thing, But plans made in the air to fulfill an ego, are yet another. Frank Maurer 29 December 2025 1825 Hours.