(Inspired by William Blake's 'A Poison Tree')
Let's hang all day at the tree of knowledge
Nurture it as we learned in college
protected from all hate and wars
by heroes we tag corporate whores
who got angry with an ally
loath to share our war dead tally
all anger oozing from our foe
the world projects on GI Joe.
Though happy when the US tool
preserved the market for their fuel
But sweat and toil as cost of freedom
proved tedious, 'please pass the condom.
'How fruitless such dread toil and sweat,
mere Cowboy tales, this terror threat;
al Qaeda's not our enemy
it's you, driving that SUV.'
And so our allies party on
trash the Cowboy in show and song
screw GI Joe and Uncle Sam
whose arrogance concocts this scam.
''Tis global gas threatens our way
of life, for carbon credits pay!
The end is near, unless we act! '
The Programmer supports this fact.
'This foe you've labeled, longs for peace.
All aid to Israel must cease! '
Such allies feast on worldly mirth
viewed by our foe on Google Earth.
Let's hang all night at the tree of knowledge
Think wishfully as we learned in college
Weave rope from strands of Tolerance
And hang 'till dead from Ignorance.
Cretan Maineiac
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hanging-at-the-tree-of-knowledge/
