SHOCK
AND AWE
You're telling us that war with iraq
will be quick and surgical and clean
That the war cannot last beyond the huge blast
of a six megaton bombing campaign.
Oh the missles we'll fire and smart bombs we'll fling...
With accuracy and power and thrust
and our armies in victorious divisions we'll bring...
once the Iraqis are bombed into dust.
And I thought to myself... Shock and Awe what a title
What a poetic sounding attack
What a strong and manly diversion
from reality of war on Iraq.
Shock and Awe we've had here in plenty
when the WTC hit the ground
And at Waco, and OKC and daily nowdays
As our democracy continues to drown.
We're shocked and awe struck alright
as we see our liberties squandered
as we watch the destruction of freedom
as the crimes of our "leaders" get laundered.
I remember the shock and awe that I felt
as the WTC Buildings went down
I remember the choking cascade of dust
and the silence that covered the ground.
I wonder if Iraqi survivors don't feel
that same sickening gnawing of dread
I wonder if the families of victims
feel the urge to kill for their dead.
And I wonder if others don't feel this
As missles rain death from their sky
If Iraqis with children protect them
with their own beaten flesh as they die.
Mostly I wonder about leaders
Who stand before us so tall
Whose bodies are never endangered
Whose children won't suffer at all.
Who say "Shock and Awe" with reverence
In religiously misty eyed tones
Who are planning to build a New World Order
On a foundation of Skulls and Bones.
Peace NOW
Impeach NOW
dcs
02 11 03
SOLDIERS JOB
It's a soldiers job to stay alive
to slog over mountain and hill
And to fight with his crew
to keep them alive
but it's a leaders job to kill.
They carry their guns
fix bayonets
Cut loose and fire at will.
Man morter bombs and rocket grenades
but it's a leaders job to kill.
