i'm trying to clean out or dispose of the clutter in this room of mine. i'm moving soon and have to part with some of my most treasured forgotten papers hidden away in the dusty crevices next to my bed. one of these papers turned out to be a poem my grandmother had written and sent to me in November of 2006. i somewhat remember having read it and sort of pushed it aside, thinking it was sort of silly. but, it has since resurfaced and been reconsidered.
PEACE THE LOSER WORD by grandma
How did peace become a loser word?
The loser-est word we've ever heard.
War is macho
Hate is fine
Kill the mid-east, that's devine
But peace? Who needs it?
It's for nerds.
It's one of those smart ass liberal words.
How did peace become a loser word?
The most boring word we've ever heard.
Power's great
Big money's fine
Steal the oil,
That's devine.
But peace? Forget it.
It's for nerds.
It's one of those love-thy-neighbor words.
Blow up towns with bunker busters,
Kill small kids with bombs in clusters,
Get the refugees to run
Then blow them up for good clean fun.
Neo-cons we all attest
Pre-emptive war is still the best.
Forget Viagra and the rest
Try the manly war-hawk test.
Scare the people with fake dangers
Then get it up by killing strangers.
How did peace become a sissy word?
The sissiest word we've ever heard.
We let them scare us
Our minds froze.
Bush and Cheney's
Who we chose.
So peace? Forget it.
It's for nerds.
It's one of those save-the-planet words.
