Prepare for Peace

Police, paramilitary and Military training

that I’ve seen forget a key

course, the most important lesson

of all to take into the world: 

Knowing what to do if no one

or nothing is wrong. 

If all is quiet, no crimes are being

committed, no borders breached: 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

IN TIMES OF PEACE? 

I fear (prayer the remedy)—better yet,

it concerns me, the gung ho nature

of violent training, “preparing for war”

and “violent criminals shooting their

guns.” 

As depicted in Apocalypse Now and

W. Bush carrier landings, the hoopla

and hype and “excitement” to go to war,

to use training to kill 

is sick. 

But that’s okay God loves you anyway,

just learn how to organize twenty-four

hours of Peace. Difficult, I know!! 

Takes an alcoholic at war with himself for years

to understand the compulsion

to seek and destroy, to find some “safe

place” apparently made safe by guns

all around you, but then you forget Jesus

who said “live by the gun, die by the gun”— 

you’re painting a target on your heads sons

and daughters...

*** 

I know he said “sword” not gun, by the

way I’m not totally dumb, I used

to be scared and run, and figure that

if I “got you” before you “got me”—

well, then, I was living... 

Ten percent of those who go into

police and military should be trained

for the worst. 

The other ninety, give’em to me, to

Peace, to helping other nations, ours,

to being of service. 

You have to learn to take one on the cheek,

and give them the other one to hit, 

BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY SECURING 

World Peace, friends