20 May 2014

slavery

we have already lost

have you talked to any of these young ones?

they love their jesus
they believe in the cross

they carry it with ‘em

and think that everyone should
you know

in addition to
buying stuff

yes
that is something
to become
something not to be questioned
like doing things for kids
like
 supporting the troops while they’re overseas
and thanking ‘em when they get home
once
at least

now
i know that this is not a day to talk about such things

about the inevitability of having a war machine
and what that means

what it means is             that you’re gonna wanna use it

    eventually
and these days
it seems
that sooner rather than later suits some folks      

but                      not                      me

i hear people say all kiiiiiiiinds of things

they say it’s a fact of life
the say it alllllways has been

and      that it always will be

well

i say (in my very best clay davis)
sheeeeeeeeeeee it

listen

lots of things have alllllways been
right up and until

we (yes, we) decide
that we don’t need them

i mean
we decide it is something
we     no     longer         need

now
you could argue
and some did

the very same thing
that bit about history     about tradition

about ‘it’s allllllways been’



about


slavery


slavery
yes              you see

it had alllllways been
right up to and until
we came to realize

(some sooner than others)  (some wayyyyy sooner than others)

         that it’s not something we need
and
even then

some held onto the idea out of

ignorance
avarice
or
greed 

(that’s the big one)

but
ownnnnning somebody has
(for the most part)
almost faded into history

why can’t we climb that same hill
now

with war

or poverty









please?

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