Tag Archives: Obama

We Can’t Forget

Posted on August 23, 2021 by soitgoes1984

We are believers we’ve placed full faith in a magic that uses words to transform chaos into the norm human beings into disposable things buildings into rubble life into death (by drone) bodies into ash (and bone) cultures into terror … Continue reading →

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Medicine Not Bombs

Posted on March 25, 2020 by soitgoes1984

They say we are at war but if this were a war we have left our soldiers without bullets and combat boots if this were a war we have left our airmen without bombs and jet fuel if this were … Continue reading →

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Hay For The Royal Horses

Posted on June 22, 2018 by soitgoes1984

The villagers stood around screaming, “The village is burning” and there they were, standing around looking at the fire doing nothing but screaming. “Put this fire out now!!!” they demanded of the King who, far off in the distance was … Continue reading →

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Blame

Posted on January 10, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Trump never bought a bomb Obama never bought a drone Bush never bought a missile, or a vowel. They couldn’t tie their shoes if we didn’t buy the laces.   When bad things happen, don’t blame Trump don’t blame Obama … Continue reading →

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We’re The Elves

Posted on January 10, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Blaming the president and not ourselves is like blaming santa and not his elves   We’re all to blame   They keep controlling us with fear so we pay our taxes year after year   We’re all to blame   … Continue reading →

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Bellies Full of Plastic

Posted on January 9, 2018 by soitgoes1984

There is no hope of a better future, stop listening to the optimistic TV newscasters. We are not going to save the world we are nothing more than a cancer making planet earth sick. There is no God, so I … Continue reading →

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On Paper

Posted on January 20, 2017 by soitgoes1984

On paper the last guys a much nicer man but that didn’t matter for Afghanistan and now a spray-tanned orange clown leads the way but somehow we cannot see past the toupee hope and pray for the future forgetting the … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day

Posted on January 20, 2017 by soitgoes1984

So, today the world will not end bombs will still fall on innocent people in villages far far away but, with their dying breath they will not say, ‘If only this had happened yesterday my loved ones could rest easy with … Continue reading →

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Twerk (Dedicated to Chelsea Manning and the people of Syria)

Posted on January 8, 2014 by soitgoes1984

Twerk  written August 27, 2013 Cyclops babies gestated in depleted uranium wombs cry for the men in our kingdom with two blind eyes glued to scripted reality where newsmen get achy breaky hard-ons for a hillbilly’s daughter in modern day … Continue reading →

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