Syria

by Norman Horowitz


I ponder where the truth is told.At 81, I think backTo time I served our country.'Tis easy to lose track.

I never shot at anyone.I never held a gun.I did teach electronics;Chased women and that was fun.

I was then apolitical.I did not have the time.Between school and work, my life was full.Still, women were sublime.

I went to work at a studio.Many of them were crooks.I wondered often about their books.They pretended they were honest, and I wondered, "Why not?"Their producers stole from them but only if they could.'Twas never important if indeed they often should.

I left to work for CBS.I worked there three years.The feds scared them all the timeI understood their fears.If the FCC was angry,It worried them to tears.

Our President was Nixon,Who was an angry guy.He hated Walter Cronkite as well as all the rest.He mostly wanted them to die.He had no litmus test.

Seems Obama’s just a decent guy.A Nixon he is not.I think he hates mass killings.That angers the right a lot.

I wonder why they hate him.He seems like a decent guy.He’s against killing innocentsWith bombs falling from the sky.

In Syria, innocents are worried.Bombs fall where they may.I wonder why destroying themJust seems to make their day.

We are a warlike nation.We look around us to find someone to attack.I hope he tries to stop it:Our President Barack.