A Song for Nine-Eleven



Speak out
Shout about
Sacred nine-eleven
Victims compensated
Ten times more than
Fighting men who die for less,
Whose widows pay a tax on
The benefits received.
Shout out
Shout about
False bids and bribes
Twenty four and seven
The G.I knows who's behind him:
Minority buddies in flak jackets
Scalia's disenfranchised
Who can die here
But cannot vote at home
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aAbcdefgaAhbijklm
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 341
Words 62
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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