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Off guard we were plunged into ice-cold soup on September 11 A few of us drowned the rest flailed and choked panicked in the wake of a wake-up call When we surfaced for air the recipe of revenge was already devised The ingredients thrown in churned nicely together but we had no say is was safer that way Add a pinch of anthrax, a dash of fear take away liberty In the name of security and justice for all in the name of freedom a bitter tasting freedom We warmed in the soup as the rhetoric flared the world must be free Of this brand of evil democracy will prevail once Osama is hanged if Osama is hanged The soup became thick as the temperature rose from blue to orange But everything's fine be a good sport and go to the mall we'll take care of it all In a matter of time were scalding in war the prescription for vengeance Had quietly changed to Gulf War Cuisine à l'essence de Saddam Osama was gone As the soup boiled over we fled to dry ground don't feed us with lies And poison the world from a menu of death presented as truth piquant in untruth We take to the streets from New York to Madrid and feed hungry souls From a menu of peace a taste of what's served to those who would be at the Banquet of Humanity · · · · · ·
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