How Many Have To Die?

This was written by my little brother, Ken10.

How Many Have to Die?
I was talking to a friend of mine,
and he sighed with a tear in his eye,
he said, "sometimes when I,
sit back and stare at that
tell-lie-vision, i'm mesmerized by
his evil eyes, and the lies they tell our children,
and i'm hypnotized by his sneaky smile,
but all the while,
I wonder, how many have to die?"

he said, "i try to justify and find pride
in a woman with skin like mine rising so high,
on that, so called, ladder of success,"
he said, "i must confess, i guess,
that in a humanitarian effort contest,
Oprah would take first prize,
because, see, Condaleeza Rice is yet to stand tall and hold her head high,
and tell the world that her best seller- her boss
is full of lies.
and well, I'm sorry,” he spoke,
“We can but only learn more from James Frey,
When reading between the lines,
‘Just hold on’ when you feel the fury rise
Waiting at gas pumps for high priced lies
This administration so,so full of pride,
corporate media pleading and programming your mind
from both sides.
While each day more and more children die.
And a mother cries
On His front lawn,
Osama supposedly still hides
While football stars serve as pawns,"
my friend continued, "you gotta' wonder what the hell is going on?"
He said he cries some nights wondering...
"how many have to die?"

I sighed,
Felt a tear come to my eye
And replied,
“you’re quite right,
this president of whom you speak
is so full of evil. of Hate. Of Deceit. And so very full of lies.”

I became quite sad,
listening to my friend,
I reflected for a moment,
let it all soak in,
I guess
The pendulum will someday swing,
With the will of the masses,
but until we the people, the powerful, the peaceful,
decide to say no-
get up,
stand up-
unite as one,
stand firm against all facists,
then and only then
is when- mothers, brothers, sisters and fathers,
on each side of this irrational struggle for control,
will ever know peace.

So people please,
i beg of you,
I plead to you,
to look deep within your soul
listen to what you know,
we’ve got to take control!
we've got to say no!
No, we cant have this no more!
Go home and look yourself in the eye,
ask yourself why?
then maybe you can answer,

how many have to die?