Debbie Guzzi Poet Free verse

Warmongers

Generations of warmongers spew their lies
outward into the waiting abyss of greed
as the adult throng of drones 
buzz the factories and the farmlands, 
carpenter ants wasting the bounty of mother earth.

And we ..children of the flower children screamed
“Hell NO we won’t go!”
We burnt draft cards and bra’s
freed from the tit by the acid dreams of Leary
we rose, ran, flew, with flags on our arses.

On campus’s we marched
bandana’ed brethren, fuzz busters
picket carrying freedom fighters, a blaze
with a hatred for everything and every one 
establishment…
and the establishment killed.
Killed its own children
at Kent State and got away with it.

As napalm dropped over naked children
in Vietnam, the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius
rang from the rafters of Broadway.
Naked as the day we were born
coated in the honest to God mud of
a farmer’s field in Woodstock, we danced.
And we still marvel that Nero fiddled 
while Rome burned.

Where are our children now?
Still fighting ..still drones, still bombing
Still ‘liberating’ the oil fields around the world.
Still raping mother earth. 

And the beat drones on…………..

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Joe Maverick July 1, 2012 at 9:41 AM It surely and sadly does Debbie.. Debbie Guzzi July 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM maybe we should say the BEAT DOWN goes on?

Andrea Dietrich June 24, 2012 at 8:34 AM WOW, Debs, you NAILED it. I love all the symbolism and imagery from the 60's and 70's here. I was just a kid when you were probably out there protesting. I can just imagine you. Were you as outspoken then as you are now? I hope so. I love this kind of poem from you. And yes, a cat's eyes are definitely scarier than my little Ollyver's eyes used to be!

Debbie Duncan June 19, 2012 at 9:10 PM This is "AWESOME" don't we all know this to be true,,,, you have a blessed day Terry ;}

Terry O'Leary June 18, 2012 at 5:44 AM Superb message, superbly written, emotion superbly expressed! Unfortunately, as you say, 'the beat drones on' and on and on ... 'when will we ever learn...' ??? Terry (by the way, thank yor for your comment about 'Antoine'... I think you were the only one to 'read between the lines'... ?Antoine' was not simply 'fantasy'... ;-))

Sara Kendrick June 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM Truth is penned in this one..I am glad that I chose it to read this eve..Sara

Jancarl Campi June 17, 2012 at 3:33 PM You have penned a powerful poem here. You brought back many memories, long forgotten. It is always a pleasure to read your work. Take care and Peace, Jancarl