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STOP. . . . . , a m e r i c a

Sunday 12th October 2008 12:10 pm

Oh my god, America!
the biggest bully of all
And that, of course, means you
When you presented Edward teller
Who could conceive the designs
Finally thought through
a command performance
Through Enola
And the little boy
As He reached for a dragonfly
you made him promptly disappear
His legacy a shadow
the shot that will be heard
For the remains of human years
Shadows in Hiroshima
Body parts in Basra
Agent orange in the jungle
McDonalds in Moscow
Mules made of the third world America
Drowned in Mississippi
Mud slides
Thank you America
Thank you Cadillac, useless
Thank you Marilyn, a princess
Tainted
Build us up
Knock us down
Civilisations star striped crown
You really are the king now
But watch that Russian bear
And the china missiles
And plastic in your hair
synthetic
devoid of humanity
Blind to famine third world
Concerns rarely uttered
as cluster bomb and cruise cluttered sky
And daisy cutter
Thank you hydrogen
And robotic stutters in space
Ronald Reagan the jet set ace race, lose
Thank you drive thru
Thank you obesity
Thank you common decency
As you ask before you invade
Smile as you proudly parade
Your spoils of war
Poor Baghdad
There goes ancient civilisation
You had us all had
In the hunt for mass destruction
So thanks very much America
I’m doing fine now
Cowered in a shelter
Waiting for the blisters and swelter
Of a firestorm you invited
The world balance is tipping
The polar bears are dipping
Toes in melted ice
You of all could have done so much more
So why the veracious vice like grip
On destruction?
Thanks America
Yankee doodle
Uncle Sam’s kit and caboodle
First strike
Minority voice
desperate hikes to halt
But its not enough of the populous
To stop America.

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Comments

Pete Crompton

Sun 19th Oct 2008 19:26

nice one, thank you Jeff, its the usual pete rant though

Jeff Dawson

Sun 19th Oct 2008 10:04

Hi Pete, this is brilliant!!!

You've been writing a lot recently (in one guise or another) in a struggle to get something great and powerful out and I think this is it. I dare say your dabble with nuclear warnings has maybe helped and I'm sure OMD amongst too many too mention would really approve of this!!

Too many great lines to single out any, love it, as I said, quite brilliant, cheers Jeff

clarissa mckone

Wed 15th Oct 2008 04:49

I enjoyed this Peter!
We are big bullys, wonder where we learned it from? The pilot from the Enola killed himself, he was a family friend, he did not know what he was doing, it was a mission and he did it, he was knew however after he dropped it, and what it had caused. As for that tech stuff/bombs I belive we had taken captive german scientists, so you should thank most of them for working for america. But then it did stop the japs as my grandfather called them.Agent orange, I belive we can thank Monsanto, but id have to look it up.
Im not sure if we are the "king".By God we did invent the drive through, and at times Im glad we did, but the poor fat people.The bear never fell, and china has become more wealthy. Third worlds, well its our fault they now need cars. Poor Baghdad, not sure what to say about them, except that it may be possible that they would have imploded. There was no weapons of mass destruction, but then just how many country were fighting that war? Just how many coverd that up? Ther are now other countrys that polute more then america, so they need to join in any clean accord. Im trying to keep this short. your Mom is 100% right. Navigation of the bible can be complex. however worth the read. America is not really in the book of revalation, I belive that may be due to the fact that we are to become a different country in the next 5 years. There are powers at hand that cant be explained any other way. As you know from our talks I was a bible thumper for years, I have read about all kinds of faiths. There is a strand of truth that runs through most, and it almost the same story over and over. We have a grand creator. I enjoyed your poem very much, I agree with it and understand it. Its hard to understand why things cant be fixed. It is sad, but its also a promise, and it is good news, its just hard to accept. xx

<Deleted User> (5247)

Mon 13th Oct 2008 10:30

There is nothing you can do or say for it is all written and gone before come what may.
For man is his own enemy on our beautiful Earth and its been this way right from it's birth.
The passion and the heart felt hurt and anger that you feel and write is a release I know and felt by many I expect, feeling helpless, a speck in the human race, but have faith for when the time is come there will be a better place for the good and there will be no more wars, or starving, or injustice, when here on Earth its a test, the best is yet to come, have faith, read the book, you know the one I mean, it is not a dream. Mum xx

darren thomas

Sun 12th Oct 2008 17:18

The United States of America?
Mmmh - we'll see.

Good 'un Pete.

garside

Sun 12th Oct 2008 16:46

feel for the ordinary
and the sublime
as time becomes a
hindrance
as we wait in line

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