IN THE TIME OF THE TUMULT OF NATIONS

We thought that the worst was behind us

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We planned and we saved for the future

in the time of the tumult of nations.

The crowds in the streets were uneasy

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We murdered are annual victims

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We were fined if we smoked in the cities

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We gave and deducted our givings

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We kept the bad news from the children

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We wakened from nightmares with headaches

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We voted for men we distrusted

in the time, in the time, in the time,

in the time of the tumult of nations.

In the time of the tumult of nations

the ones who were wrong were the loudest.

In the time of the tumult of nations

the poets were thought to be crazy.

In the time of the tumult of nations

the President answered no questions.

In the time of the tumult of nations

protesters were treated like traitors.

In the time of the tumult of nations

the airports were guarded by soldiers.

In the time of the tumult of nations

young women kept mace in their purses.

In the time of the tumult of nations

the rich were exempt in their mansions.

In the time of the tumult of nations

we waited for trouble to happen.

In the time of the tumult of nations

we lived for the weekends like children.

Like children we clung to our playthings

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We huddled in burglar-proof houses

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We said that the poor had it coming

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We readied our handguns for trouble

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We tuned in to war every evening

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We watched as the bombs burned the cities

in the time of the tumult of nations.

The name of the game was destruction

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We knew we were once better people

in the time of the tumult of nations.

We pretend we are still the same people

in the time, in the time, in the time,

in the time of the tumult of nations.

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