as the day dies
shadows lengthen
light is reduced to that little
the nightly universe provides

life becomes silent
except for those who
have the switch
forcing electrons
to sing along the wires
laid by those willing or un
to work long hours
to provide food and shelter
for loved ones

while those hearing
a higher calling
sit in back rooms
candle lit or
in large white houses
plotting their next move
to take, steal, or war for
guns, gold, or food

and those that laid
the wires prepare
to send their children
into war forever
to keep what ever
they have to lose
having been taught
to believe that freedom
is worth any price
and lying is the price

11/08/2007