Political poems
THE THERMOBARBARIC BOMB
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb
Sucks air from caves,
Collpases lungs,
Ruptures liver and spleens,
Bursts eardrums.
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb
Is deployed with great glee
By the men of the West
From the land of the Free
In support of their
Great Democracy.
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb
Joins the Daisycutter that can destroy a small village
And it joins special forces firing into a compound
In a massacre they won't allow Amnesty to check up on
And it joins Rockets fired into dungeons (after the burning oil)
In a great
Dehumanisation
That just doesn't fit in
With the warm, kindly and caring image
America and Britain
Have of themselves.
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb, in fact,
Is by far a more accurate indication
Of our civilisation.
Dec. 20001
Sucks air from caves,
Collpases lungs,
Ruptures liver and spleens,
Bursts eardrums.
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb
Is deployed with great glee
By the men of the West
From the land of the Free
In support of their
Great Democracy.
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb
Joins the Daisycutter that can destroy a small village
And it joins special forces firing into a compound
In a massacre they won't allow Amnesty to check up on
And it joins Rockets fired into dungeons (after the burning oil)
In a great
Dehumanisation
That just doesn't fit in
With the warm, kindly and caring image
America and Britain
Have of themselves.
The ThermoBARBARIC bomb, in fact,
Is by far a more accurate indication
Of our civilisation.
Dec. 20001
If the Russkies had ever used the thermobaric bomb we'd have been outraged.
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