Saturday, March 26, 2011

Us and Them

The government winks
the economy sinks
and the Gulf Coast stinks
like dead fish
habitat on the brink
while the industry shrinks
but we all do the same
play the game
shift the blame
just keep it off my dish

BP-British Petroleum
It’s only fair to hold them
responsible but it ain’t us and them
its them and us,
them for us,
them because of us.
yeah, us –the users, the cruisers, the losers
the do or die gotta get mine
pushing the need to fill the greed consumers
no time to count the cost
consider the lives lost
for the gas in our cars
and these drawn out wars
or did you really think we were only fighting terrorism?

Operation freedom
the freedom to operate without fear, abuse, oppression
the push for women’s liberation
but if this is really the goal of the nation and its creed
then somebody please tell me
why the hell aren’t we in Darfur?
Or is this what happens when our moral high ground
hits a political no fly zone,
a no economic gain zone
a no resource to reclaim zone?
Only life and death hang in the balance.
No great tragedy of finance.

Oil bubbles in the sea
we wonder how this will trouble me?
Blood bubbles in the street
the slash of a machete across a child’s heartbeat
and we return to a familiar retreat
Better them than us.

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