Children Are Our Future

Pick up your rifle obedient child Live a complete life in just a few days Under your Sergeant's command Curl your finger around the trigger Kill with an unrepentant glee I witness the hate that coarses through your veins Seeping into you with the clarity of a true believer A moments hesitation will not stand in your way "Be all that you can be!" Everything has prepared you for this day Tighten the ammo belt around your waist Tomorrow you will be hailed as conquering son Empty your guts upon the expectant soil Red poppies will sprout from the acrid soil We will cry out to you promising Justice Ordering the next child to the front of the line Repeating the sins of all our fathers Death meanwhile, gladly accepts our gifts!