Backfire (on Bush's statement, June 13, 2001, that 1972 Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty "is a relic of the past") The missile treaty must be scrapped today Because it's out-of-date by thirty years, As if a pledge no longer should hold sway Once better opportunity appears. As couples promise each fidelity By marriage vows that none but death may break, Should nations bound to lower standards be When broken treaties Mars' fell sword awake? If documents dealing with armament Turn obsolete, let me propose this one Much older yet: the Second Amendment And rid this country of its murderous gun! June 13, 2001