Suburban Sprawl
Now even Alan Greenspan has admitted in his book
Large portion of the reason for invading overseas
Was to command the oil despite so many reveries
Applauding higher purpose—higher purpose with a crook.
Yet though hardly a lip had dared to utter it before
The subject kept itself not very far from people’s minds:
This plunder of the bedrock as commercial interest grinds
Remains immoral and excessive cause to go to war.
So long as high consumption is the ideal overarching
Then must competing teams against each other keep on marching,
Meanwhile, as oversaturate the human will is starching
On plastic products while the holy spirit has been parching:
It is a call for change,
And for restraint,
For sprawling suburbs that supplant the former grange and range,
Exist precarious and at best produce recycled taint.
Large portion of the reason for invading overseas
Was to command the oil despite so many reveries
Applauding higher purpose—higher purpose with a crook.
Yet though hardly a lip had dared to utter it before
The subject kept itself not very far from people’s minds:
This plunder of the bedrock as commercial interest grinds
Remains immoral and excessive cause to go to war.
So long as high consumption is the ideal overarching
Then must competing teams against each other keep on marching,
Meanwhile, as oversaturate the human will is starching
On plastic products while the holy spirit has been parching:
It is a call for change,
And for restraint,
For sprawling suburbs that supplant the former grange and range,
Exist precarious and at best produce recycled taint.