madgarlickWidow, widow, What Shall You Do
Posted by madgarlick on April 26, 2008
Widow, widow, What Shall You Do
Widow, Widow, they’ve all gone
You stand alone with one last son
They stole your husband, cut him short
And then they laughed before they fought
Your eldest son, and ran him through
All this as if to torture you.
And now you’re left, with your new born
So raise him to be good and strong
And then when they decide to fight
They’ll have your young one in their sights
They’ll shoot him, stone him, hang him too
No parts to be returned to you
And then you will be all alone
Your tears will fill your hollow home
But widow, widow, what will they do?
They’ve taken all your men from you
Their bloodthirst they have not fulfilled
By having all your loved ones killed
Oh widow, widow what shall you do?
When they decide to come for you.
© simon garlick
david eberhardt said
Dave Eberhardt (poured blood on draft files with him in 1967- the “Baltimore 4″ action)
“Hi from the Unknown Soldier. I threw away my rifle and went swimming.
You may have seen me slipping away from the column. Shsssssh.
If in a desert “theatre” I leave to go look at the night sky with all its stars- Aldeberan (sp?), Rigel, Spica, Eta Carinae.
I am a statue to the Noble Deserter in the park.”
Want to join us? Then practice non-violence,join the Plowshares mvt., resist war, and don’t forget to move to the left.
Forgive them mother for they know not what they do.
Heroes to follow? Tom Lewis, war resisters, Dan and Phil Berrigan,”Plowshares” activists, M. Gandhi, ML King, AJ Muste, Dorothy Day, Quakers, Norman Morrison, Rachel Corrie,
Authors to read H Thoreau, Dalai Lama, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Wilfred Owen, Gary Snyder etc.
feel free to read at any funeral/memorial- my best to all his friends and loved ones