RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
No Time for War
We’ve seen the war on terror
Another war without an end
We’ve seen the war on poverty
It paid no dividends
We declared a war on Covid 19
And went merrily on our way
We’re accustomed to the metaphor
But it is not a time for war
We fought a war in Vietnam
To our eternal shame
A generation rose up to say
Don’t fight it in our name!
Of the long war in Afghanistan
We finally made an end
It was never about terrorism
On that you can depend
Our futile war in Iraq
Led straight to the Islamic State
What enriched our war machine
Made half the world irate
Our failed wars should teach us
There must be another way
All nations must come together
To impose a price to pay
Our sanctions must be binding
And punish to the core
Let all aggressors be forewarned
It is not a time for war
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