Poems V

They're getting worse.  It's pretty much downhill from here...

This first one goes out to my brothers in Asia:

Two Asian nations
That bordered each other at sea
Both laid claim to an island
That had appeared mysteriously.

The nations sent ships to the island,
Their navies were ready for war.
They’d fight to the death for this island
That they had never heard of before.

The media in both countries
Failing to check the facts
Sent their viewers into a frenzy
Over an island not on the map.

The masses of both nations
Sang island ballads and anthems.
They identified enemy immigrants
And then they ethnically cleansed them.

When a country owns an island
It owns the waters around it, you see.
So that’s why these Asian nations
Vied for this territory.

So the warships soon collided
At the invisible border at sea
And though there wasn’t an island
They started World War Three.

The nations destroyed each other
Over an island that didn’t exist.
Imaginary islands abound in the world
And people everywhere believe in the myths

What are politicians made of?
What are politicians made of?
                Pork and lies
                And lobbyists bribes
That’s what politicians are made of.

What are big bankers made of?
What are big bankers made of?
                Snakes and disease  
                And dirty laundry
That’s what big bankers are made of.

What are freedom fighters made of?
What are freedom fighters made of?
                Love and fire
                And sexual desire
That’s what freedom fighters are made of. 

We are the Eaters of the Earth
The world is our buffet
This epic feast won’t last forever
So come ye gluttons, grab a plate!

We gorge upon the wetlands
And devour the forests and trees
We swallow coasts and deserts whole
Then wash the sand down with the seas

Our appetites are insatiable
Our stomachs are bottomless pits
Our lust for nature’s bounty grows
As we ravage each and every niche

We’ve roasted the animal kingdom
We gnaw on bedrock in our sleep
We’ve poisoned the skies with our flatulence
We defecate plastic and concrete

As this feeding frenzy grows
More of Earth is gouged and carved
We’ve bitten off the hand that feeds
We’ll commit matricide before we starve

Her luscious flesh we relish raw
Her spewing blood we drink
Nature bleeds out in a backstabbing
Betrayed by her imbecile son, Humanity

The bowels of the earth are eviscerated
The continents are drawn and quartered
Headless mountains burn at the stakes
And from gallows hang beastly corpses

So come ye sadists and cannibals!
The Earth has been read her last rites
This communion we’ve granted the planet
Shall be our final chance to dine. 

In The Beginning
God created Heaven and Earth.
In The End
Man destroyed the Universe.

Money, Money, Money
     Makes the world go round
Gravity, Gravity, Gravity
     That's what keeps us down
People, People, People
     Always fuck shit up
Nature, Nature, Nature
     Will take care of us.