It's a song

Affluence and gluttony

Staring blankly at poverty

Unemployment running high

Commitment in short supply

Trade talks have failed again

The deprived miss another train

Global train too much of a strain

Suicide: only relief from pain

 

                    **Chorus

 

                    And you know its not even mentioned in the news

                    Vicious circle continues

                    Would you even care to care?

                    Do you have some thoughts to spare?

 

 

Strings pulled from overseas

Shaping domestic policies

Another vetoed proposal

Experiences a free fall

Oppressors on the march again

Peacekeepers yet to be unchained

Vested national interest

Leaving mankind in distress

 

Plutonium being processed

At the expense of the dispossessed

Increased defense expenses

As starvation emerges

Smart bombs miss the mark again

Cremating the innocents

Reconnaissance flights fail to see

Suffering of humanity