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[sid] => 126878
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Wise, Weeping Willow
[time] => 2006-10-13 15:47:33
[hometext] => A poem about politics and society....Slightly moderated, a repost.
[bodytext] => Oh wise, weeping willow, What have you seen? How many times has your world been serene? Have you ever seen A young soldier’s life End prematurely in the face of a knife? Have you ever seen King Henry the Eighth And men persecuted because of their faith? Have you ever seen The bourgeois rebel And rich men subdue them and keep them in hell? Oh, wise, weeping willow, What have you seen? Oh, wise, weeping willow What have you heard How many times has injustice occurred? Have you ever heard A young child sob While working twelve hours at a factory job? Have you ever heard The funeral bells toll While nobody prays for repose of his soul? Have you ever heard The Nuremburg knight Incensed, homicidal but never contrite? Oh, wise, weeping willow What have you heard? Oh, wise, weeping willow What have you smelled Have many times has hate overwhelmed? Have you ever smelled A hot rifle’s smoke While Satan grins gayly in his black, hooded cloak? Have you ever smelled The stench of the dead, Who’ve been left behind never getting ahead? Have you ever smelled The power plant’s fumes Choking the flowers before they can bloom? Oh, wise, weeping willow What have you smelled? Oh, wise, weeping willow What do you think? Is it par for the course or are we on the brink? What do you think Of the rich sipping wine While billions of others are living like swine? What do you think Of the war in Iraq? Children are leaving and some won’t come back. What do you think Of the atomic bomb? One push of a button and the world will be gone. Oh, wise, weeping willow What do you think? Oh, wise, weeping willow Has this always been? A world of turmoil and people of sin? Has this always been A world filled with lust? No selfless actions and no one to trust? Or is this all different? Are we in too deep? Is society crumbling on us while we sleep? Oh, wise, weeping willow Is this why you weep? [comments] => 1 [counter] => 294 [topic] => 41 [informant] => BobbyZimmerman [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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