English poem
The Tank
by Oliver Herford (1863–1935)
The Tank’s a kind of cross between An Agricultural Machine And something fierce and Pliocene; Over embankments, trees, and walls, Trenches, barbed-wire, and forts it crawls; Nothing can stay its course--the Tank Has not the least respect for Rank Or File; with equal joy it squashes All things alike, men, beasts, and--Boches.