Double Time

1.
marching double time
to judgment
the all-american way

left
right
left
right

blame the left
blame the right
left to blame
right to blame

the right to blame
we have the exclusive
right to blame

to choose
from whoever is
left to blame 

it’s a point of privilege
the right to blame
to be able to point fingers
a point of privilege
to be comfortable
assigning blame

2.
stop it too soon get a grip shut up and
think first of the victims
and not anything else

they tell me to feel instead of think but
I don’t have tanks full of what it takes
to do that anymore

they tell me to think
about the victims but
too much casual death, etc.

they want to tell me something but
I’m deaf
one too many blast waves

3.
they tell me to report
anything suspicious
which is what I’m doing here
there were bombs and suddenly
everything is suspicious so
heigh ho
heigh ho
off to hate we go
left 
right
left
right
a quick march to judgment

double time
to a killing place
with a wall
and six guns 

when I said that
you saw the scene

I can only hope
you saw yourself

staring into the open barrels
with your back to the wall