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Must I Do Everything, Peasants?

Taking root there, fools?

The Guns? The Machine guns? Bombs? THE BOMB? Idiots!

Will you scare Great Satan with your ugly faces?
Flog him dead with your tongues, little schoolgirls?

Our Sopwiths are growling! They want their guns! WHERE ARE THE GUNS?


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Hello dear Reverend, I must confess this meeting is not a product of chance. Nay, I have foraged the world of answers to find you, for I must admit that I am intrigued by your ambiguity and by your eclectic wit. You have a powerful command of the written word, brother and your intellect (I am deeply saddened to say) surely puts my own to shame. With that said, let me swiftly add that I am saddened by some of your views, though I cannot claim to have read even a majority of your answers, what does that matter though, aren't we all entitled to our opinions.
As for your question, I wonder if I have grasped its meaning. Well first off it's not really a question is it, I'd call it a scene. I hope you will give me the points if I'm close to deciphering its meaning. I think the person who is talking is a General or pilot, he has delegated various tasks to underlings and is angry that they have not yet carried out his commands. The bombs and guns are ment to be attached to the planes, the planes are the Sopwiths.
At first I thought this passage was about something much more sinister, I thought Sopwiths might have been some sort of ancient demon and that you were claiming the persona of Satan but after looking up the word, I think I understand what this piece is about. Thanks for the riddle.