In Omaha, Nebraska
\na man is fired from McDonalds.
\nIn Baghdad, Iraq
\na man’s home is bombed to rubble.
\nWhat does it take to turn a human brain
\ninto reptilian mode?
\nDestroy his home and livelihood
\nor blast his little children to bits and bones.
\nFight or flight?
\nFlight or fight?
\nWhen one is hale or hardy enough
\nexpect fight.
\nWhen one is old and feeble enough
\nexpect fight from his grown children.
\nTerrorists, big or small
\nhow everly created
\nwill use what is near at hand
\nbe it stones, Uzi, or home made device
\nHere comes the fractured brain
\ngoes there for a bigger stick
\nbigger and bigger
\ntill dropped from the sky.
\nTerror from the sky OMG!!!
\nHow terrorizing is that???
\nWarning:
\n“Get out of town in 48 hours
\nhere comes shock and awe!”
\nShock:
\nFly boys pull their levers
\nWhat is the sound of a 500 ton bomb
\nwhizzing thru the air above your head?
\nIt blasts into your neighbor’s house
\nthe terror is knowing it may be yours next.
\nAwe:
\n“An overwhelming feeling of admiration”
\nNever happened. (Yeah,
\nwe know all about photo ops and movie moguls,
\nwho will give us a Tail wagging a Dog,
\nfor the Almighty Money God.)
\nWhen the dividing rod is Fear
\nwar mongers’ dreams materialize
\nWhy so long, oh humankind,,
\nnever understanding
\nviolence begets violence.
\nIf we never evolve
\nto non violent conflict resolution
\nwe will devolve to the stone age
\nif any survive…
\n“Can I have your stuff
\nafter the rapture?”
\nIf one virgin is not enough
\n70 will be excessive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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