Friday, March 14, 2008

Not What We Say We Are

I haven't posted a poem here for awhile, so here's a cheerful one.

We're not What We Say We Are
copyright Patricia M. Shannon 1991

We say that we're just below angels,
but we sit on our butts all day,
watching the boob tube and killing
our souls a little more each day.

We say we're the peak of creation,
master of all we survey,
but we're killing our rivers and forests,
and expecting our children to pay.

(chorus)
When will we learn, will be ever learn,
to be what we say we are?
Is it too much to expect us to try
to be what we say we are?

We say that we're rational creatures,
not animals, no not we,
but we think that the purpose of college
is to support the football team.

We say we're a Christian nation,
leaders of the free world we are,
but we're spending our money on weapons
and allowing our children to starve.

(chorus)

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