Pack of the Nippon beast Scavenging the East Expansion of territory With primeval savagery Decades in torment A mourning continent Women their first reward Pleads for mercy ignored Coercion and abduction Dragged to 'comfort stations' An army institution Deployed for prostitution Forced into the brothels Abused and brutalized Whole families murdered Daughters dehumanized Commodified rape centres Virgins, underaged Raped, stabbed, beaten, starved Enslaved and caged Injected no. 606 Containing arsenics Tens of thousands died Of disease or suicide A life of constant pain Forever in shame Apologies never made And if ever, they come too late