Gift Wrapped

For our battle is not against flesh and blood... (Ephesians 6:12)

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)

 
An old memory
perhaps a grievance
 
falls into your bunker,
while you're dismantling your gun 
 
Whatever you do,
don't pull the p...
 
Too late!
The fumes fill the air
 
and you are frozen;
zoned out and
out of action
 
Eventually,
your senses start to return
 
Mind still foggy,
you get back to your gun
 
About to polish it,
when a white dove flies in:
 
A flapping distraction,
with a note rolled around its leg
 
Something about a "common enemy"
 
Don't read that propagand---a!
Oops too late
 
You start a chat with your battalion
 
and detract from
the immediacy of your current foe
 
Then, when the meaningless gasbagging's over
 
A plane flies overhead,
dropping flyers that fall like autumn leaves
 
"New weapons on sale!
Discounts for allies,
tell your colonel;
it's a must buy for modern combat!"
 
So a group of you write a message to your colonel,
letting him know
 
Then it's back to business...
 
You're about to put your bullets in, but
 
suddenly, a bottle drops at your feet
Message says:
 
"There's a traitor among you,
watch out!"
 
You finish loading your bullets,
and wave your gun at your own men
 
"Which one of you is a plant?"
 
By now you're battalion is surrounded
 
You've lost the war