Biden’s Bombs-War and Money

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Biden’s Bombs / War and Money
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Biden’s bombs, Biden’s bombs—
Two thousand pounds apiece—
They blow the kids to smithereens, 
And serve to keep the peace.
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If Trump returns, he’ll send more bombs 
To Israel and say,
“We’ll send them to the Saudis too, 
If they agree to pay.”
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And hearing all the folk who shout
That this is genocide 
And fearing that in politics
This might be suicide,
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Biden, Blinken both declare,
“We need to end the strife.”
But keep on sending bombs and planes
To end what's left of life.
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War and money, war and money—
Whatever be the weather—
You’ll find that each provides for each. 
They always go together.
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We've made our zones of peace, within
Their circles wide or small,
Where business booms. Outside the zones,
We find the free-for-all.
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And that is where our bombs are dropped—
And conflicts are inflamed,
As money drives the wheels of war, 
And “terrorists” are blamed.
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Wealth and power, wealth and power,
Unabated greed:
Death and dread and suffering—
These are what they feed.
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Religion and democracy—
It’s not about that stuff.
It’s all about the land, the oil…
We’ll never have enough.
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So don’t believe the evening news;
It’s sadly filled with lies.
When eyes and minds and hearts are blind,
Then truth, with justice, dies.
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“Why should we care for Palestine
And people far away?
But Israel is different!”
Is what the people say.
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But Biden's bombs are ours too. 
Our taxes pay for those.
The Congo, Yemen, South Sudan?
They aren't far. They're close.
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2024 May 22nd, Wed.
Berkeley, California
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