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Money for what?

Money for what?

 

We have money for wars but not for the poor

they build tanks to kill each other, that's for sure

Missiles fly thro' the sky and destroy a home

and take away all that I own

 

They conscript young men and women to fight

as civilians cower in basements without a light

The bodies of young and old are thrown into the ground

they have all died without murmuring a sound

 

Bombs and rockets cut off all the power

as we are left outside cold and in a snow shower

From all this suffering what is our destiny?

apart from the occasional help and some well earned sympathy

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 12th Feb 2023 12:31

The madness has its historical origins across this world of ours.
Even as we despair of the death and destruction, we offer
employment to countless legions toiling in the invention and
creation of the weapons of war. It has been so from time
immemorial and continues apace, strangely accepting of our
universally recognised feat of producing overwhelming armageddon
that has somehow sent us back a step to what is smugly
termed "conventional warfare". Perhaps we are meant to
be grateful? .

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 7th Feb 2023 08:47

It's a mad world, Keith, and the brutal invasion of Ukraine has just amplified all this madness. Thanks for this.

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