23. ONE F#%#ING WAR AT A TIME
So many wars out there raging
So many casualties it feels like a crime
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just get it down to
One fucking war at a time
There’s a war on drugs going nowhere
A war on terror nobody can win
A war on the poor being waged by the rich
A war on the fat being waged by the thin
There’s war between Christians and Muslims
There’s war between the left and the right
There a war between Main Street and Wall Street
War raging all day and all night
There’s war between haters and lovers
There’s war between the young and the old
There are wars that serve just one purpose
In the market where guns are bought and sold
There’s new war starting tomorrow
Bringing with it a new set of fears
And try as may, youcan never put an end to
The war exploding between your ears
So many wars out there raging
So many victims it feels like a crime
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just get it down to
One fucking war at a time
31. THE REAL POETS
The real poets
Don’t sit around in some cheesy coffee shop
Scribbling in a dollar store notebook
The real poets
Are not the angst ridden hipsters
Who could never please their fathers
The real poets
Don’t lead inspiring seminars
On Shakespeare versus Dylan
To the nouveau illiterate
The real poets
Are on the phone at 3am
Wondering if this notion they have
Is a thing than can help the world
The real poets
Are dressing wounds
In some hospital emergency room
Or on some battlefield somewhere
The real poets
Are working 24/7
To keep the status quo
From sinking to the point
Where it eats all of us alive
The real poets
Are too busy taking things
To the next level
To spend time reflecting
On how shitty the old level can be
The real poets
Are baking bread at 6 am
Over on the Danforth
The real poets are sitting
On the beach
Marveling at the sunrise
With ideas bubbling in their heads
The real poets
And driving their kids to ballet
And karate and soccer practice
And loving every minute of it.
The real poets
Could not write a poem
If you held a gun to their head
The real poetry
Is the everyday living
The constant caring
The love you share
With the people you love
The love you receive
Unconditionally
The real poets
Are the givers
And the real poetry
Is the gift of receiving
