Selective History

Somewhere these pages were lost Some scenes committed, some tossed We remain partial to displacing shame Never mind the plight of unknown names But what about those nameless faces And of those that we have subjected? Have we forgot those mistakes befriended? The ones that won't leave until we face them? ​Erase history, burn some pages Omit those words, can't you fake it now? We are the heroes forged by fiction Depict us victors, cut the forsaken How can you love? You will not chastise Why would you serve when serving lies? Do not pledge in a state of denial We are so far from how we see ourselves Might will never be right Just as the king was never divine Well, here we are, portraying virtues Another plot that's all familiar to you Regurgitate those words over & over Until we don't know what they mean Can't you stand it? Just forsake them Put them out of your mind It's not hard to shake them Happiness is ignorance Now go run some goddamn errands Erase history, burn some pages Omit those words, can't you fake it? We are heroes forged by half truths, fabricated Depict us as victors Forget them now Recommended Reading Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II by William Blum