In Saudi Arabia,

Sheiks feast on

children. Something

you can do if you have

enough money.

Capitalism makes slavery

a profit-maker.

War kills. But it is not

the dead, but the living

who can be products.

Children, women,

the disappeared

and forgotten.

Just basic economics.

Soon we may say

the disappeared

create jobs.

Hand over more children

to Saudi Sheiks.

Keep them happy, they

are our allies.

Where is my cell phone?

My credit card?

My gadget?

Where did my child go?

Here a minute ago?

But gone in a flash,

like the thought

I put out of my mind

because it made me

feel so bad.

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, VT.

Afterword:

It’s not War,

it’s Guns.

It’s not Injustice,

it’s Guns.

Guns make War

and Injustice.

Guns make the world

get warmer.

It’s not Capitalism,

it’s Guns

It’s not Sexism,

it’s Guns.

It’s not the Pig

who takes away

your money, your job,

your kid, and your life.

It’s fucking Guns.

Let’s get rid of them.

No more War.

No more Global Warming.

No more people starving

and dying and outraged

about their lives,

their fingers on a trigger.

Let us all come together

and abolish the right

that makes so much trouble,

that takes so much of our time.

That says no matter what,

people will still be able

to fight back, even if they lose.

Fuck the People,

It’s Guns.