Memorial Day - 2012

Dedicated to the Memory of The Project for The New American Century and In Honor of The Foreign Policy Initiative

Where shall we go:

Next.

Our interests are,

So many.

Limitless,

It seems.

We must shape

The world;

Our defense needs are

So great,

All else must bow before

Them,

Widows,

Orphans,

Bridges and roads.

Well,

Let us not go too far,

Let us not stop that

Unbroken,

Critical,

March of pork.

But every other citizen,

Every other need,

All that makes us

What we are,

Shall bow before

Those

Armies of Think Tanks,

Overflowing

With men,

Comfortable men,

They must be Comfortable

To Think,

Brilliant men,

No doubt,

All most serious

Chicken Hawks,

One and all,

Their advice?

Send your children,

Not their children,

Send them,

Send them

Wherever passions

Percolate,

Lest they percolate

To our disadvantage,

Let us shape events,

Shape them,

Make things safe

From democracy,

A beast so few understand,

(And fewer every year)

Best perhaps instead:

Build a wall about

Our freedom.

For sharing it with those

For whom it is

Incomprehensible,

Is a dread disease

In itself.

Of course,

Those who've fought,

Nearly to a man,

Know better than

These wise men,

But,

We don't consult them.

Thank you for your service,

Yes,

Quite.