And who will remember <br />the day in September, <br />when the terrorists struck <br />and New York went amuck? <br /> <br />Will the people forget, <br />with naiveté bet <br />that the world is now safe <br />for the meek and the brave? <br /> <br />I remember the places <br />and the hate-laden faces, <br />those who took a last breath <br />and then jumped to their death. <br /> <br />But the world will not learn, <br />as its heartfelt concern <br />is replaced like worn dentures <br />with exciting adventures. <br /> <br />We are busy destroying <br />(which to me is annoying) , <br />what has served us so well. <br />And we're looking to Hell <br /> <br />for the answer to cancer, <br />like a talentless dancer <br />who comes, hat in his hand <br />to deceive and demand. <br /> <br />We create new diseases, <br />a scenario that pleases <br />all the powers to be. <br />But not you and not me. <br /> <br />We establish committees <br />in the towns and the cities, <br />in an effort to make <br />a most wonderful cake. <br /> <br />We, the doc's are enticing <br />to finance the sweet icing <br />for the privileged few <br />I am sorry, not you) . <br /> <br />And the way all this works <br />is when arrogant jerks <br />make dependent the masses <br />while they sit on their asses <br /> <br />and invent all new tricks <br />while the worker Joe licks <br />all his flesh wounds at once. <br />He's abandoned his guns <br /> <br />for the good of the nation. <br />As his own operation <br />is performed in a clinic <br />by a greedy old cynic. <br /> <br />So, we point our fingers <br />to the terrorist threat, <br />while the acrid smoke lingers <br />and the newspapers fret. <br /> <br />Thus, we see the smoke's traces <br />far away, in the distance. <br />And we turn our black faces <br />toward thoughts of existence. <br /> <br />Our little red engines <br />race to save a strange home. <br />Fight the fire with vengeance <br />on the outskirts of Rome.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/learnings/
