All Hail the Military Industrial Complex--

all hail the military industrial complex - all hail the broken beaks of birds - all hail the severed whale tongue - all hail the sleeping nukes

in another time in this place
what would we write our children
dear you should be thankful
your life is short
how sweet is that
with villages turned to meringue
rifles fired to warm the bed
god how we tried too shop
the economy into double-digit growth
you have no idea how we tried
to stop the train of lies
if only we had more money
or pulled the plug on the overuse
of sacrifice
maybe we would not have made you
one


Randolph Nesbitt

Posted over on Poets Against The War