Poems About World Politics

spanish bombs
the downside
of the spanish civil war
was that it ushered in
four decades of fascist dictatorship
on the upside
no mudvayne albums had been recorded yet

the caucasus
when armenia and azerbaijan start sniping
at each other
i never know who to root for
tom clancy better get on this shit soon
write a book called "the crimson cougar" or something
to let me know who's the bad guy
if he's not too busy
trying to get thrown on the funeral pyre
of zombie ronald reagan
instead

nafta
everytime someone says
"canadian softwood lumber"
in a nafta fight
i always picture gordon lightfoot
apologizing to a prostitute
who's just relieved
to get her cash
without having to do anything
until she realizes
she now has to hear
acoustic versions
of "if you could read my mind"
performed in the nude
for like an hour
yeah,
nafta sucks