I'm not supposed to be amused
but it's funny
to find all this sentiment
rising to the surface
some ten years down the road
some ten years removed
between then and now
and nothing has changed
There's an obligation
to mourn for all the dead
all those who continue to die
in the shortsighted pursuit of justice
of domestic tranquility
achieved through international hostility
as if the production of war
wasn't a joke in poor taste
I actually laughed
to see the president on youtube
to see the progress of our war
of terror
to see the vacant truth
that people are already disputing
that one more death
can be given meaning
This is our movement towards hope
hope for a future
where the dead don't lie nameless
away from their homes
where we don't demand bodies
to remind us we're alive
to borrow the sight
of those forever blind
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