Pantoum For War

We go to war with what we have
Butcher peace for what we lack
Improvise a Dumsfeld knave
Build the future on soldiers' backs

We butcher peace for what we lack
Electrodes, beatings, torture collars
We build the future on their backs
Oil, poppies, death for dollars.

Electrodes, beatings, torture collars
Machiavelli and elaborate lies
Oil, poppies death for dollars
Butcher all the endless spies

Machiavellian endless lies
Find the infidels' yellow cake
Butcher all the elaborate spies
Do not admit a simple mistake

Find the infidels' yellow cake
Extol the virtues in your spin
Do not admit your fat mistake
He sucked the cream of Osama Bin

Extol the virtues of your spin
Rule the country with Realpolitic
Swallow the cream of Osama Bin
Hit voters with a conjuring stick

Rule the country with Realpolitic
The poor shield life with armored trash
Swallow the cream of Osama Bin
The rich smoke speckled bloody hash

The poor shield life with armored trash
Our president's a redneck coot
The rich sell speckled bloody hash
His head is up his crimson chute

Our president's a redneck coot
We improvised an Abu Graib
His head is up his crimson chute
We go to war with what we have