Marching Orders

Delegation of disgrace
military murder makes
guilty all who took a hand
corrupting chain of command.
never seen one take a stand
could there be one in this place?
training to just follow orders;
draining away other supporters.
"defense" was a euphemism
disturb insights, like a prism
now it's war, they want it more
than anything worth fighting for.
they take our cash, and then deplore
our lack of resource management.
we will need to banish it;
the spirit of corporation greed.
CEOs can't manage shit
yet they're still deemed to succeed.
countries are not households;
the government's no business.
we all fail when corporate goals
advance without true witness.
even mighty armies fold
when they contract this sickness
there is no partial fix.
one last fact they can't abuse:
gunning down folks, as you're told
"following orders" is no excuse.
you needed to be bold
you needed to be of some use
criminal colonels can't do it all
there's always patsies for the fall.