war is dumb

thousands to millions of young male soldiers die
even more civilians die
very few of them actually give a shit about the supposed meaning of the war
and the result is a change in the boundaries of states,
a shift in the balance of powers,
a redistribution of the wealth
and unimaginable suffering of the common man and woman
it's always accompanied by propaganda
to get you to join up and fight
to make you see an enemy

this country is preparing
for massive emergency powers
for a draft just in case
and they're pumping up the enemy
uniting arabs against us
spitting in the face of north korea

maybe the state will make a bid for world-domination
and this fourth reich will break its neck on foreigners' dominion.