Corporate Crusaders

Corporate Crusaders​

Their shameless charade​

What are a few lives​

When fortunes are made​

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Murdering millions​

To bulge bottom lines​

Make tidy profits​

On rifles and mines​

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Backing the butchers​

With chemical cakes​

Medical murders​

That viruses take​

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Manipulate masses​

Through horror and fear​

Chip away freedom​

While forefathers tear​

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Sing to the public​

A patriot’s song​

Enlisting our children​

To cover their wrong​

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Sending in soldiers​

Staining the sand​

All for the greed​

Of future demand​

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Trade red gold for black​

And Tomahawks flown​

To place a new prince​

On hypocrisy’s throne​

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mr_alleycat​

 

This is absolutely superb. What a well written condemnation of everything that's wrong with the way the corporations view the world and us.

I really love the part about trading red gold for black. A stroke of genius.

Mr Alleycat, this is another feather in your cap. Your ever-expanding body of work on here is always a pleasure to read. Well done.

Peace,
A.

 

Fantastic.

 

I've been on a rant since 2003, still unpopular it seems, but more are listening.
Too bad it took one national disaster, to expose another. There is hope, though unless people get involved, and those that do, refuse to vote using machines that have no paper trail, that hope may evaporate.

Thank you both for responding. I'm sorry I haven't been around much, it's our busy season
Thank you for understanding

 

Ahhh classic political poetry. Only thing I will knit pick about is the lack of stanzas and line breakage but honestly, that doesn't really matter. It reads beautifully.