Money for War

MONEY FOR WAR
THE GREAT MAN SAID

WE MUST HAVE MONEY FOR WAR

LET THE SICK BE SICK
AND THE POOR BE POOR
WE MUST HAVE MONEY
FOR WAR

AS EVERY GOOD CHRISTIAN NATION SHOULD
BATTLING THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US
WHOSE GODS HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES
WHOSE LANDS ARE RICH IN MATERIALS WE COVET
WE MUST SAVE THEM BY DESTROYING THEM
AND OURSELVES

JESUS SAID
PUT UP THE SWORD
AND WE SPIN A THOUSAND PHILOSOPHIES
WHY WE SHOULDN'T

CHRIST SAID LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
AND WE HAVE BODY COUNTS
AND COLLATERAL DAMAGE

WE FIGHT MIDGETS
AND LET THE GIANTS GET AWAY

WE FIGHT IN THE NAME OF SOME STERN GOD
WHO DOESN'T LOVE HIS CREATION

WE SAVE CHILDREN IN THE WOMB
TO SEND THEM OFF TO WAR
WARS WE OFTEN BROUGHT UPON OURSELVES
WE HAVE TAUGHT THE ENEMY WELL

IN A WORLD
WHERE WE OFTEN
CANNOT CHOOSE GOOD
BUT A CHOICE BETWEEN EVILS
AND WHERE WE HAVE TO CHOOSE EVIL
TO NOT BE HAPPY WITH THE CHOICE

FRANK A VOLLMER