For All of the Saps Who Thought That Barack Obama Was Different from George W. Bush

Hark! The drums again are beating.
All the silverbacks are saying there's
Another war to fight. They won't go. Our
Children will, and we, who ought to know
By now, will wonder, when this one is
Over, why our streets are pocked,
Our pockets empty, and the sidewalks
Littered with the ruined souls of boys
And girls sent to lose again. The
Silverbacks will say they tried. They'll
Blame the kids for having failed. They'll
Come out richer. Don't they always?
We will grieve, and scrape for scraps
They leave, and wait to hear the drums
Resume their beating, making us aware
It's time we have another war.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2014-09-11 at 01:28

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