Crossing frontiers From the peninsula The horde advancing Into China On the rampage Insubordination Cabal of generals Rebellion Operate without approval Divisions run amok Mobilizing border troops Piling up their stocks Conducting manoeuvres Harsh arrogance Swallow the giant With malevolence Increase aggression Sweep into Chapel Rotation bombings Burning Shanghai Open game for victors As they mow civilians down Public decapitation But still they did not bow Imprisonment meant slavery Mass-rapes day and night Use of chemical weapons No surrender insight Strategy of attrition Lure intruders far inland Retreat, harass, attack Penetrating fragile flanks Devouring juggernaut A tactic to repeat Impossible conquest Never complete