Wicked Humans Need Enemies
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
When strong, appear weak
if preparing for war.
When forgetting the Tao,
make events to abhor.
The blackouts expound
crises– lay of the land.
Contracting the common,
the supply and demand.
Indefinite peace
is extended cease-fire.
Sinister strategies
intensify quagmire.
Super armies must
nefariously cause
the stark, needless schisms;
repeat the Act of Dawes.
What's in the cards will
surpass the Holocaust;
coming tribulations:
Desolation unglossed.
When secret societies
mandate a slave race,
observe as your neighbors
are wiped off Earth's face.
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Doesn't it seem like World War III is here now?
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