Pawns

Death begets death

and bomb begets bomb,

with "peace" on your breath,

fingers crossed in your palm. 

Send out your airborne drones

and float democracy upriver.

Despite Countrymen's groans,

out the window, the last sliver

of your slogan: "hope and change." 

Those words your once touted.

It now feels so strange

that I barely doubted.

I lay my head down low

and find my heavy heart:

arteries to resew

after my flag ripped them apart.

How far we've gone

to wind up where we began.

In this game, we're your pawns,

but it's all in your plan.

From our city on the hill

to their desert village shacks,

you will conquer for the thrill

disregarding all the facts

and pawns be damned

whilst players play.

Blood on command:

someone must pay.

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"She is mean. She can kill. She would do it just to have a simple thrill." Bad Books Baby Shoes

"But it ain’t him to blame. He’s only a pawn in their game."  Bob Dylan Only a Pawn in Their Game