The New American Way # 2 Poem by Eric Cockrell

in the long run
we're gonna end up
spending between 3.2
and 4 trillion dollars
in our wars in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

not to mention the 100 million
a day we were spending in Libya.

the elite ghouls of the War machine
pad their pockets ... while our soldiers
fight and die.

we've maxed out the debt ceiling,
they're gonna cut social security,
medicare, and other programs
for the poor, the sick, and the
elderly.

we have children going hungry,
families homeless no way
to get medical care.
no jobs schools laying off
teachers.

we're out of time!
we have to take back the reins
from the elite now...
or we become their garbage...

no more wars!