smoke e' mirrors

by Henry Burt Stevens
04/22/2006
authorsden.com/henrybstevens

watch carefully
notice the fingers
never leave
the hand

you see the shell
the peanut
was hiding under
now watch

these people
men women children
are being bombed
and killed destroyed

because they lack
democracy and freedom
and our god given
mission is to provide

we'll leave as soon
as we can as soon
as we build bases
lay miles of runway

their meddling neighbor
better watch out
they'll experience a
pre-emptive nuclear event

they too deserve freedom
democracy under a
mushroom clouded sky
the bible tells us so.