Foreigh Affairs 6/08

Foreign Affairs

The oil derby is on...

and here they are now folks
and comin’ around the bend,
it’s the US with a sizeable lead
when all of a sudden out of nowhere
it’s the European Union,
No! Wait! On the inside rail it’s
China moving up fast
and don’t look now but
here comes Russia closing in,
the US fatigued by her deficit
and a recent round of dirty politics
doesn’t seem to be able to regain the lead...


Pity the little countries
that have oil
or anything else “of interest”.
The Big Boys of the World Banks
and their puppet girls (like Conde?)
set the traps
stage the infidelities
and will divide and conquer,
by mediating the tribal divorces
the natural consequences
of the he said she said,
this one’s in bed with that one...
at home and abroad,
spinning enough drama
so nobody will realize
how they got ripped off
till the next chapter
of history is written.
Now there’s some
foreign affairs for ya.

Civilized nations make
themselves out to be
educated, elegant, refined
free from such gross moral impurity
as we have seen of late
as we agitate the middle east
to weaken cartels
over UN feasts
of feigned disagreement
they poo pooed Iraq
but it was our turn again
because we’ve got the power
and will invest the dollars
without shame
we’ll risk lives
kill civilians to make it so
but they too
like vultures will hover
above those desert sands
looking for deals in tents
that will play out over time
and the countries that hold
what is needed
whether oil or gold
may survive or not
not much has changed
in these primitive times.

Well, regarding this
competition for oil
Wanna bet
that the lofty G8
can’t negotiate
or make do with less
in a civilized manner?

What alignments will
eventually be
made and what will the moral
arguments be
to divide the world
to keep the us and them
differentiated enough
to project shadow enough
to create fear and hatred enough
to feel justified and OK enough
to take theirs.
Or them ours.
It’s all the same
unless its
not all I – Me.
It’s Us - We.

Wanna bet
that in a hundred years
all foreign policy
will be domestic policy
in an ever smaller world
When the ice melts
the land shrinks
the food can’t grow
the fresh water is salty
and we all gotta squish
together like over crowded gerbils
you wanna bet
its gonna be tough
to be civilized
unless we run
a different kinda race.

Human nature will prevail
but my bet is it won’t be pretty
cause its happening right now
be we don’t see it
We’re still all in
in the wrong race
and losing not just our face
but our place
busy little children that we are.
Rigidly focused on the shiny toy
and unable to let go
or see the big picture
of what’s coming
and what could be.
Unless it’s not all I- Me
It’s Us We.