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(in memory of Weldon Kees)



"An idiot wind is blowing; the conscience dies."

--Weldon Kees (1914-1955)







War is staged murder, nothing more,

And all the patriotic whores

Who sing of liberty are dead--

Their shallow lives are filled with dread

Of walking home late at night--



War is staged murder--it's all right

To follow orders and conform--

Just kill and wear a uniform--

It's a preventive genocide,

While God... He loves the winning side.





January 7, 2004