Monday, September 14, 2009

A Brief, Despicable History of the World


A Brief, Despicable History of the World

before video games
there were train rides
on the high plains
where buffalo in the
thousands could be shot
at will

before chemical warfare
there was boiling oil poured
from the castle wall

before the gun
was the slingshot

before oil company CEOs
there were feudal lords

before warmongering presidents
were the Caesars

before you came and finally spoke
sheep were bleating when led
to slaughter


Randolph Nesbitt

Posted over on Poets Against The War

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