The Department of War

There is no Department of Peace

No Department of Friendship and Reconciliation

No Department for the Advancement of Worldwide

   Co-operation

But there is a Department of War

There is no Department of Nuclear Disarmament

No Department for the Laying Down of Weapons

No Department for the Outlawing of Genocide

But there is a Department of War

I dream that one day there will be a Department

   for the Eradication of Hunger

And a Department that Enhances the Lives

   of all the Children in the World

But until the billionaire fools

and the trumped-up dictators

and the batshit evangelists

and the gilt bond hustlers

and the fascist Zionists

and the racist black-shirted marchers

and the military two-step schemers

and the authoritarian dreamers

and the political snake-oil vendors

and the devoted goose-stepping

   tick-tockers

and the swivel-eyed little Hitlers

and the misogynist keyboard warriors

are all brushed aside

There will always be a Department of War