Kids, you don't have a favored chance
Plus, you're raised in an imperial trance
'Exploit! Exploit! Destroy! Destroy! '
(Rape the girls, kill the boys...)
Hell, rape 'em all for power's sake
Stress them till their human brains break
Your parents have sworn your allegiance for ya
To insure it, they won't just try to implore ya
They'll extraordinary rendition you to clear their names
They'll deny you hurting to bare their pains
Their poisonous pills in you bodies will reside
Married to your death, are 'our' soldiers' suicides
But fairies & dragons make more sense than this
We don't even believe there's sign we missed
Boys; 'Don't hate the girls when babies die'
Girls; 'Don't let anyone let a baby cry'
That's the best you can do with what you face
It wasn't you, it was the entire human race
American Child, you will reap the spoils
Of all of your parents' patriotic toils
All the blood; all the biological assaults
Will crush you like tectonic karmic faults
And what a fitting price
Than that debt be paid with innocent life
Live this kids, with dignity & purpose
Or be cursed, like your parents, to make yourself worthless
They'll try and stop you from stopping them
They're programmed & trained so you never win
Who else fills prescription to exploit your addictions
Whitewash it 'medication' to conceal the contradictions
Your entire life you will only breathe smog
For we sent clean air to be with our gods
Every fish is a chariot of the divinity of Commerce
& intentional or not, he always harms us
Look! We feed you 'terminator technology'
For in reality, it reflects our psychology
We butcher you from the womb
By turning your mothers into a living tomb
To 'US' this all makes sense &'s just the way it is
We either: don't care; or know: we will out live our kids
American Child, sorry, that's you
I'm sure you'll manage to carry through
I wish you well & hope you do your best
Maybe you'll be one to out live the rest
Just live for the child & be sincere
Knowing all violence is only birthed from fear
Be brave as you embrace this fate
Don't waste your days & abandon hate
American Child, your path is dangerous, your enemies fast
Their secret weapon is their hidden past
And it cuts so deep, just look at your scars
They're the most sophisticated prison cell bars
American Child, they'll write about you
In 100 years, till then we'll rout you
So you never were or could've been
That's all we will do till that meaningless 'then'
1/26/13
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A deeply powerful write. So much insight into the beliefs and feelings of the poet. Well done!