Vengeance Was Ours

Okay, i Wrote this poem called "vengeance Was Ours" for a class i take called
We & They. We've been learning about the Weimar Republic and world war 2. And when the war was over, Germany agreed to pay all of the costs of the war, and to accept all of the blame. Germany reduced their army to about 1,000 soldiers. And during the war, submarines were used often and Germany didn't have any submarines. Things in Germany were really bad, and Germany had no money (they were broke). So even the sweetest people like grandma's who usually (yet stereotypically) bake cookies for their grandchildren and knit warm sweaters were stealing and lying and gambling for money. Also the education in schools during the war in Germany wasn't too good. They students were learning hate, discrimination, and racism; basically nothing that was teaching them any good. The money in Germany during the war was worth nothing; for example, you'd go to the corner store and pay 10,000,000 for a bag of chips. So what people did for fire was they'd burn their money instead of spend their life savings for 1 small block of wood that would barely fill their fire place. And as the soldiers were fighting, they thought they were winning. But their King was informed that they were actually losing and he didn't want the soldiers to know so what the king did after he found out was he gave up the throne and fled the country and he ran because his country was losing. So in the end, Germany lost because America and Russia kicked their butts. lol. jp. BUT!!, during the war, the holocaust was going on as well. The German Nazi's were killing Jews and Gypsies and it was all kept secret; that's why it lasted so long. In this poem, I described what the German Nazi's did as the German's "vengeance" against America and Russia because they won the war, (I'm guessing that Germany wasn't too happy about that.) BUT, the reason that German Nazi's were only killing Jews and Gypsies was because they were racist. Adolf Hitler started the racist act, but everyone else followed so i don't think all the blame should be on Hitler (in my opinion). So basically, this is what the following poem is about. The poem is in Germany's perspective, so it's like the country of Germany is Speaking. Sorry for this VERY, VERY long explanation for a VERY, VERY short poem. lol But i guess it wouldn't hurt for people to know about this stuff. Anywho, I hope you guys enjoy!! :)


Vengeance Was Ours

I pay all costs.
Accept all blame.
Reduce my army.
No submarines.
Politicians cheat,
and they cheat on me.
Things got so bad, grandma became a lying thief.
Treaty of Versailles ruined my economy.
Stock markets crashed;
This is all just blasphemy.
Our children are learning just what our money is worth....Nothing!!
And as we're losing our war, our king is running.
People looking for food and homes, running frantic like a zoo.
But vengeance was ours
And now you see what we've done to you.