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The Cold War overshadowed most of my childhood
fear was latch hooked on everyday things
it was the Reds they said would do us harm
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Fear went on through my teenage years too,
the continuous threat nuclear arsenals posed
the bombers of all sides armed and ready to go
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Polaris submarines lurked in the deep oceans
and Cruise missiles came in as a late addition
something changed something called détente
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The wars continued they just found another way
around that inconvenience it was simple
they just stopped calling them wars
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But now we’ve all caught amnesia
and fear is spreading everywhere
politicians can’t seem to help themselves
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Ladling fear wherever they can
it’s an all too obvious narrow man’s plan
while the dismantling goes on
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Of Education, the National Health Service,
Social Care and so much more
it’s easy to spot the distraction of fear
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While the narrow men shout watch for the reds
but the same time get into the Chinese bed
remember there is a collective amnesia at large
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Soon we’ll hear the justification for war
soon we’ll hear the need for boots on the ground
in whatever land is decided by the narrow men
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And now we’ve got drones and assassinations
taking place without a Judge in sight
no rights, no wrongs, executions keep going on.
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And the ramping up of the war of words
to justify, bamboozle and hoodwink
that the actual threat is their stupidity.
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And were all living in that fear time again.
and nothing has been learned
nothing has changed the narrow men
the narrow men keep getting richer
and the poor get poorer and poorer.
©robcullen2018.
Celfypridd 