Wednesday, December 18, 2019

We Boast the Largest War Machine in the World - poem (screed, really)

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

We Boast the Largest War Machine in the World

We boast the largest war machine in the world:
Our long-range bombers dominate the skies
Our battle fleets roam all the planet’s seas
Our soldiers’ boots tread on God’s ancient lands

We boast the largest cash machine in the world:
Our bold young technonaires build palaces
Industrialists buy ever-larger yachts
Prelates fly first-class and enrich themselves

While disdained armies of our desperate poor
Sleep in the streets of our City on a Hill

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