The killing fields of America
Weeping as I watch the fotos of the beautiful children on CNN
They trot them out to kvetch the last drop of our emotions,
A voyeuristic ploy, as if their names were insufficient
To get maximal cardiac effect,
Newtown CT,
One by one
Each a gem,
Each an angel,
Weeping.
This killing field contrasts to the rhetoric of our "beautiful land" myth
Millions in campaign contributions to convince us we are unique
That America has something to offer the world
That we can even export civilization!
Yeah, we own 50% of all the world’s guns and munitions.
We spew violence in the name of democracy and “Nation Building”
Do we really believe they buy our euphemisms?
Are the children killed by a drone attack during a wedding in Pakistan
Any less than these angels we weep over?
Why are we not outraged by that too? Is it distance?
Is it in the name of finding terrorists? Does that justify it?
CNN lives by our double standards
It magnifies our deepest fears and needs
We cannot blame the media...
But we do buy into the commercializing of death
And oh how we profit from the death machines:
This military-industrial complex must continue to churn out machines
that spit rounds from supersized magazines
for the members of the NRA
to exercise their “right to bear arms”
and protect wife and kin. (surely the founders of our
constitution had this in mind!)
We are a republic not a democracy
The elites of Europe and the Aristocracy
Have merely been replaced by corporate jets and boardrooms
Where the future is decided-
Just like we replaced the clergy and church power,
by politicians and parties.
Only the actors have changed.
The dark side of mankind remains
And the angels on CNN
Are the sacrificial lambs we offer
In return for profit.
