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TIMES CHANGE

David Lawrence

Americans are under attack all over the world.
The Democrats think we are back in 1969
When we were isolated.
There were no suitcase bombs.
We were so strong that we could insult ourselves
And gawk at Hanoi Jane.
We could pretend we were the enemy and
Criticize the American industrial-
Military complex.
Who cared?
We were never at risk.
The threat of the atomic bomb was too bloated
To take personally.
We were an island.
We were rock.
You were paper.
Choose.
Now it is 2006.
In Iraq the insurgents hear the American
Psychobabble and cut off our heads
To see if the lips still move.

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