The Troubles

Earthquakes rumble through Japan,
artillery rumbles through Libya,
freight trains rumble through town
with supplies essential
to the Wal-Mart parade.

Jets scream over Libya,
afghans scream over corpses,
you scream,
I scream,
we all scream,
for ice cream.

Corporations subsidize Congress
with excessive profits,
Congress subsidizes corporations
with tax loopholes,
I subsidize a wide screen TV
with thirty-six easy payments.

China has a right
to manage internal affairs,
the Governor has a right
to an affair,
I make a right
on Pioneer and go three blocks
to lunch at Savory Faire.

In Wisconsin
labor protests the budget,
In Egypt
students protest the government,
on the wide screen TV
I protest the noise
that keeps me awake.