After my encounter with the arms dealer
I wandered into a bar to tell about it.

I said I found the world irrefutable,
To this day a ground truth.

I also said the arms dealer's parrot kept quiet,
I couldn't have spoken more truthfully.

And I said his ambition made him sweat,
A truth with echoes of coincidence.

And I told him about the price of arms,
Truth that pours pain on every encounter.