Lest we forget   scorched earth policies,   of megaton and Hydrogen,   and taut muscle of an armoury that flexes,   to show the world   we mean business !      It's all smiles   and handshakes,   but who moves to disarm ?      We've cheapened   time and evolution.   To be violently erased is non-fiction.   Those summits and peace treaties   are just worthless words.      It's all smiles   and handshakes   but who moves to disarm ?      Radium, uranium -   One more isotope to add to the collection   that's gonna eat us even more,   when there's ashes   to remind us.      The age of outrage   has been reasoned into submission.      And cries for peace   are no longer in fashion.      I wonder if we'll see   the point   through   cataracted eyes.      Or draw breath   from irradiated lungs,   and sigh as we exit seven times.