The Present of the Past (International Policy Poem)
Throw a blanket of amnesia over horrors that were done Suddenly it seems we all are soaking up the sun Desensitized to violence, it's as if we now expect To cooperate with chaos or be strangled round the neck It's not politically correct, to keep these facts in check To do so is a threat to politics that object Put on a suit and tie, and play the do or die But behind it is a mind that's long since been crucified Technology's allowed for wars on a larger scale But our policies are flawed, and still we say prevail Too often we mistake negotiations for weakness So it's ok to sanction, but not to show meekness The money behind violence still cannot cover up The lies that are behind it, as we race with pace abrupt Ghandi knew it, Malcom knew it, that our leaders long since blew it Chomsky knows it, Hedges knows it, we're violent and our actions show it I guess it's just the past, that will forever last Despite efforts made to destroy it in a blas...