Your Kind of Strong
Your kind of strong sounds so certain and sure
As you spout about ills you've no clue how to cure
As you play on our fears—threaten, scare and pretend
That the sure way to peace is your war without end
Yes, I know we have true enemies out there
I know that they've been there all along
But there are more now than ever
After four years of your kind of strong
Your kind of strong says, It's my way or else
And God help the senator who still has a pulse
No debate or dissent, or discussing the facts
It's the silence that leads to unspeakable acts
And as for all of those French complications
Well, you can bench-press them back where they belong
With all the whiners who can't divine
The hand behind your kind of strong
Your kind of strong says, This is our due
You can join in the Party, or we'll have done with you
But what have you done with the laws of this land
Made to keep us all free from imperial command?
Desperate times call for desperate measures, you say
As the Treasury is emptied for a song
And the profiteers give three cheers
It's clear who likes your kind of strong
Your kind of strong says, I'll keep you safe
All you need do is willingly suspend disbelief
For the help that you render
Just one small price to pay
That we let your agenda be the rule of the day
Now even those on the Right grow uncertain
For certain can still be dead wrong
Though you'd never know it from the poetry
You crow about your kind of strong
Your kind of strong is a chattering gun
If our fear re-elects you, have the terrorists won?
Uniter of all, meaning far less than half
If it weren't all so sad, I could bring myself to laugh
Oh, reality community—awaken!
I
pray we hear the voice of the throng, saying:
What could make us weaker
Than four more years of your kind of strong?
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