WE BRED OUR TERRORISTS

America, America

Stop pointing your crooked little finger East

Your veil has been lifted

Democracy decays rancid

as an oil-drenched whale carcass

as slaughter houses the size of stadiums

as poisoned waters of Flint, Louisiana, Animus River

Turbulent, red, rapid is the flood

Our own massacred children

committed by hands

that share our American blood

Yes, we bred our own terrorists

with burgers & fries and

a fake news, one-sided history shake

we bred them on concrete and walmart

buy-yourself happiness, talk to a machine

capitalism; we made a profit

No wall, no ban can keep us safe

from ourselves

America — You’ve desecrated one too many burial sites

of those you have forsaken

Halliburtons and EADS

chant war, war, war

we’ve seen it all before

Oh, yes we bred our own terrorists

But, We The People

remember our history

continue to take in the destitute

create sanctuary, protect the sacred, honor our Mother Earth

we pass the torch

because we haven’t forgotten

why a broken chain rests at Lady Liberty’s feet