Politics ...

War is always war (8/7/05)

rich killing the poor

poor killing the poor

our leaders bravely

view a latest atrocity

from behind barbed

hard-wired cold hearts

inside their skin of tanks

oil still flows between them

black veins supplying gold

set in ruby soaked palestine

the richest men on earth

watching poor killing poor

how proud they are

of our willingness to die

for their petty wealth

for their way of life

after all the bombs

have gone safely off

they light cigars, drink cognac

and prepare new breaking laws

heaven cannot hold enough martyrs

to make any difference to these men

the rich always betray the poor

by setting poor to killing poor

war is always war.

John G.Hall(c)2005