American Schemers

American Schemers                           2/2/2016

Look into the mirror

And see 

Who is hated

The first and primary cause

For everything you see. 

Cain murdered Abel

As evil savaged the good

Jealous of their love

And noble beauty.

You can turn your head

From right to left

Or left to right

But you had better look ahead

To see where it ends.

Meandering through the landscape

The water cuts the earth

As you follow the logic

Of incremental suicide. 

Rushing downward comes the flood

Destroying everything

Trapped in its path

Carried away in an instant

Life, limb, and love.

Downriver in the mud

It is too late to act

Because that is where

You find the bodies

Broken, battered, and buried. 

See the loss

Catastrophic and complete

As many yet unborn

Are surrounded and attacked.

Long ago

We should have seen it coming

But we have always been blind

Always following charlatans 

Selling snake oil.  

It is not what we say

It is what we do

And that is where the secrets are kept

Behind closed doors. 

The money is shared

And the spoils are given

All to keep it flowing

While we, pay the price.

Should have learned the first time

But here we go again

Still believing liars

With blood on their hands. 

Our lives don’t mean a thing

As long as they are covered

As we gobble up

The propaganda

Funneled down our throat.

Convenient for now

But expendable tomorrow

The middle class life

We all used to know.

Replaced and forgotten

Blamed and assaulted

Our values perverted

To drown us dead.

Go ahead and preach it

Go ahead and lie

Just another day

Up and over

Dead and dumb. 

The beasts cry out

And beat their chests

Howling, and grunting

For more and more.

Dragging the dead

As they crouch in the bush

Waiting for another dead duck

To whistle in the dust. 

Slowly we inch

To the same old mistake

With everything to lose

And everything to gain. 

If we loved

Then we must think

And if we think

We must be courageous

If not for us

Then do it for them.