The Real Weapons Of Mass Destruction! Poem by Ross DixPeek

The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction!

By
Ross Dix-Peek


Arms aloft and in the air
The politicians shout, “Beware! ”
Of the “Weapons of Mass Destruction”,
Again it is but mere “Spin”

For the real worry is not the WMD’s,
Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, or the Iraqis,
It is indeed far closer to home
That the threat does unbridled roam

These pernicious maladies
Afflict us all, and our dear families,
And indeed do take a far greater toll
Than an imagined nuclear bomb in some hell-hole

And yet very few are alarmed
Hardly anybody “up in arms”,
And no politician or anyone
Does this vile malaise shun

For, far more dangerous than some despot’s vitriol
Are the “terrible twins”, cigarettes and alcohol,
So many more lives thus destroyed and devastated,
Than some little lunatic aggravated

And still these “terrible twins” do us “ill”,
Still our children and loved one’s kill,
And yet, no warnings, no uproar,
No protestations galore!

Why is that so?
But the answer we already know,
For, in the “corridors of power”,
“Money” and “Greed” does the conscience devour

So when you next chance upon a “drunk”
Or see a “smoker” in a coffin sunk,
Then perhaps may you see
Where the “Real Weapons of Mass Destruction” be!