What Comes Next
(B. Mosley)
appears on Through the Fire
Written as a response to the 2016 US presidential election. I borrow words and ideas from John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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Well, if you think the Civil War’s over my friend
Well, you ain’t really payin’ attention now
Four score and seven years ago October
They come a run on the banks, y’all
So you pull each other up, pull together
All for one. One for all
What comes next? What came before?
They grow the grapes of wrath and go to war
Stay on board…such a long way to shore
What comes next? What came before?
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation
Corporate reavers taking after Ayn Rand
Hold the sway…aim it at the politicians
The bank isn’t like a man
There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize
Even if it overflowed the ocean
And mark well the pith and moment of the enterprise
Mark that last full measure of devotion
What comes next? What came before?
They grow the grapes of wrath…go to war
Stay on board…such a long way to shore
What comes next? What came before?
You know the final score of World War IV
Is we all tie at zero
Have you ever tasted money señor?
No quiero comer el dinero
What comes next? What came before?
Grow the grapes of wrath and go to war
Stay on board…such a long way to shore
What comes next? What came before?
Will what comes next be what came before?
Grow the grapes of wrath and then they go to war
Hard to stay on board, but it’s a long way to shore
If what comes next be what came before
Yeah, what comes next?
Will it be what came before?
Hey, what comes next?