smokescreen

[rbnyc]

Run time: 03:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNg1e0Ak3lY   Posted on YouTube: September 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: 68rbouchard Views on YouTube: 8   Posted on DU: September 11, 2011 By DU Member: rbnyc Views on DU: 613

 
Smokescreen

When I saw the smoke rise across the river,
I saw a smokescreen rise.
Use it to cover the desperate agenda
Of a hand that is closed on time that is gone.

6,000* people killed twice,
Once on that Tuesday and once as we write
Their names on the bombs we drop on Kabul.

When I saw the ash fall and smelled what I can’t say,
I saw a Trojan Horse made.
Stuff it with clutching and fear-informed measures
Of a dying self-righteous leftover regime.

6,000 people killed twice,
Once on that day and once as we use them
As a reason to hold 800 without bond.

When I saw Mark Roger Wells hung up with duct tape
On the side of a pay phone
And I knew that he was loved…
When I heard the choked voice of loss turned to sound byte
And I lost the heart to write…
When United We Stand is a pizza box slogan
And I wake up ten times a night…

6,000 people killed twice,
Once on that Tuesday and once if we fear to say,
This isn’t justice and this isn’t right.

*What I believed to be the count before offical count was agreed upon in the press.