I Prayed

i prayed they would

never let loose

these weapons of finality

but now that day

of reckoning

seems fast upon us

surely in the face

of this calamity

it is mere folly

wishful thinking

to fill your larders

with canned food

buy your guns and ammo

wrap your children

in the blanket of your love

as warmly and as tenderly

as you are able

so they don't know the dread

the long sorrow

of these final hours

on death row

and when the missiles fly

let kindness quickly

slay the dogs

to spare them

the slow misery

that will surely follow

who can believe it has come

to this gross miscalculation

for those who have the most to lose

should never put the ultimatum

to others who have less to reassemble

in the face of our mutual devastation

open your eyes and see the fools

we have entrusted with the planet

watch how the oligarchs abandon us

how the senators flounder and

the elected representatives cower

how the clown prince

and his media enablers blunder

but if there is blame to place

blame truly lies with us

in our tolerance for rapacious greed

and manifest incompetence in rulers

what should be measured in millimeters

now extends for miles

rightly you inquire

who am i to ring this bell

you are justified to ask

well in your rights perhaps

even to look past

so heed what words you may

surrender once more to dreams

to what comfort you find in sleep

but do not expect to wake

to the same world tomorrow