He published his poem "Chicago" around 1916. Here we are, a century later:
Arms supplier to the world,
Net exporter of violence, debtor to the nations;
Best to bone up now on your Spengler and Gibbon,
This ship of militaristic fools is going down.
Bankrupted by the wholesale conversion of our economy to militarism, we depend on the rest of the world to supply our basic needs. When the precarious bubble of our rapacious capitalism finally bursts, who will pick up the pieces?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment