Like many I grow older but I do not grow more wise <br />And like they say I do suppose boys always will be boys <br />And I too have grown cynical I cannot distinguish truth from lies <br />In this age of propaganda that should come as no surprise. <br /> <br />Another fifty people dead in a bomb blast in Baghdad <br />To some that is far away from home and that does not seem too bad <br />To some their lives are not important in comparison to ours <br />Even in the race of humankind there are weeds and there are flowers. <br /> <br />A terrorist is one who terrorizes people that's how 'twould seem to me <br />And war is the greatest form of terrorism though many with that may disagree <br />And two words called 'collateral damage' people dehumanize <br />My loathing of such a terminology I will not try to disguise. <br /> <br />For racism and patriotism the price is huge to pay <br />And we vote for the most unenlightened people on National Election day <br />For entrusting them with the highest office they repay us in fear <br />Of the terrorism they help to create we far too often hear. <br /> <br />In this age of propaganda we believe what we want to believe <br />And when we trust the untrustworthy our own selves we deceive <br />More innocents die in a suicide bombing in Palestine things could be worse they say <br />At least 'tis not in our backyard from here'tis far away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-this-age-of-propaganda/
