act of war

our enemies are subtly evil men
we keep them in camp delta with good reason
if freed they'd fight with us again
and to say otherwise is arrant treason

now when three of them simply hang themselves
an act forbidden by their sacred text
we say that they were not kind gentle elves
entitled by some evil to be vexed

rather we reach into our vault of lore
to find an answer that would outrage sense
their suicides were a vile act of war
any distress was dissembling and pretence

traitors to freedom speak thus and why
should we be astonished when they lie?