Lyrics The Beauty of Children and the War Against the Poor - Efrim Manuel Menuck

The Beauty of Children and the War Against the Poor

Shift change at the county jail
Infertile vehicles disgorge
Piles of broken birds
And sheets of styrofoam
The weight of a cop-belt
Hung with guns and keys
An ant in a coffee mug
Slowly drowning
And soon this all will burn down
And soon we’ll all be trees
And soon we’ll all be emptied
And soon we’ll all be free
Dear sisters dear brothers
Dear gone but still near
Dear broken and falling
Dear panicked and dear
In this troubled world
There’s just two things that are sure
The beauty of children
And the war against the poor