A State Of Confusion Abounds

By "Doreen Peri"

a state of confusion abounds

a state of confusion surrounds
there are sounds of the sighs of surrender,
the american people lying down, giving
away rights without an eye blink,
relenquishing their right to think
for themselves, watching unconstitutional
power persist, allowing themselves to be
convinced there is an evil element,
an evil contingent, marketing madness
on cbs news, nbc’s filming fat teenagers
standing in bread lines 
just to convince us
just to convince us

there are madmen out there
there are madmen out there
and they are here, right here,
plotting a scheme to control territory,
backed by weapons of mass destruction
why is it, america? why?

tell me why you are the world police?
tell me why you can decide who must disarm?
tell me with the charm of a saint who never erred.
tell me why you dare to occupy land which you don’t own?
tell me, who put you on the throne?
who made you omnipotent?

there is imperialistic greed.
and my seed of doubt is growing leaves.
what happened to laissez faire? 
what happened to respect and tolerance?
why doesn’t america demand 
america to disarm?

there is a state of confusion.
there is a state of confusion.
blind people lying down dead
not able to raise their head
to speak out.

stand up and shout, people with minds!
this is the time for it, this is the time.
if you don’t stand up this time,
you may never be able to rise
again. you may never be able
to rise again, you may never
be able to rise.