Thursday, August 16, 2007

Undecided Decider

He stood

As tall as he could

And proclaimed himself

The Decider

Whilst astride her

And sent our young off

To punish the unwashed

Devils that broke our buildings

The young went willingly

At first

And died as they fought

To free a people with no idea of freedom

The Decider deluded himself

And us

With the thought everyone

Wants Wal-Mart

And Cadillacs

But some folks

Want their shackles

And are happy in the glory

Of some unseen deity

Aren’t interested in

A blonde blue-eyed Jesus

Nailed to a piece of wood

And hung on a bedroom wall

He died to save us

We have crucified our young to

Save the unwilling

And die they have

The Decider’s hands run with blood

Our hands dip in the blood and glory

In the carnage

Because we decided

And they decided

And he decided

And the zealots decided

And the new crusade

And the old Jihad

Meet again to free Jerusalem

To repaint the Wailing Wall and free Babylon

So we can hang the gardens again

But instead we hung the leader

And his cronies

More blood, more lives lost

For a lost cause

And where are the gods we fight for

why do they not reached down and support us

Or smite us

When will they decided

Or are we once again deluded

And worship figures in Botticelli paintings

Or one who will not be depicted

In Danish cartoons

Where will it end

Will it ever end

Who will decide it is over

Will the Decider decide

Or fade off into a Texas sunset

To chop wood and write memoirs

The veil is drawn

The killing goes on

And the decider is still astride her

Churning his hips in futility

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8 Comments:

At 9:01 PM, Blogger none said...

Well said, and I do believe they don't want freedom, except it seems the US has to show it's no longer a paper tiger. Otherwise we will continue to have 9/11's

 
At 5:35 AM, Blogger leelee said...

oh...wow...yes, yes....YES!!!!

Phos, that was amazing..

 
At 8:30 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Well said and well written.

Iraq has had civilization for 3000 years.

 
At 11:07 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

beauty, phos

this reminds me of
a jackson browne song,
" lives in the balance "

they sell us the president the same way
they sell us our clothes and our cars
they sell us every thing from youth to religion
the same time they sell us our wars
i want to know who the men in the shadows are
i want to hear somebody asking them why
they can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
but theyre never the ones to fight or to die
and there are lives in the balance
there are people under fire
there are children at the cannons
and there is blood on the wire


- j.browne, 1986

a different war, but the more things change...

/t.

 
At 4:25 PM, Blogger The Phosgene Kid said...

hammer: Right. We don't need them we can make our own 9/11, such as Waco and the Federal building in Oklahoma City. As far as the terrorists following us home, 9/11 proved that they are already here.

leelee: Thanks!

sj: And it fell hard

/t.: The presidential race is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Why would anyone toss millions of dollars at a job that only nets him or her a couple hundred thou a year. Makes me mighty suspicious. The other problem is when you elect someone you automatically inherit his drinking buddies, biggest contributers, and a cast of incompetents like "Brownie".

 
At 7:10 AM, Blogger Sister Copinherhair said...

Phos, that was brilliant! I never decided. In fact, the day after the first election, I felt sick to my stomach. Worse after the second. What is wrong with the American people? He never had my vote and in fact, he is not "my" president. You're right. He'll go sit on some ranch in Texas (where he belongs) and write a book (or rather someone will write it for him because he's too stupid to write it himself) and idiots everywhere will buy it and read it.

Sorry. I don't usually voice my frustration of political issues on here but you inspired it with this post.

 
At 1:36 AM, Blogger jin said...

phos!
That was superbly written!
Wow!!!

 
At 4:32 PM, Blogger The Phosgene Kid said...

Thanks!!

 

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