elijah said

the price of freedom, fixed by cartels
gunrunners and economic hit men
slicked in oil the cost of war is budgeted
casualties estimated for news reports

humanity traded in for market value
crisp business suits filling glass towers
that glorify polluted skies as modern
industrialization snorted through bills

religious virtue replaced by religious doctrine
reason beaten down by fear fed rhetoric
master races versus chosen ones the story
with third world fodder caught in the mix

flesh burns because we play with fire
humanity i would gladly see you drown
if i did not see my own reflection
rippling in your frantic struggle for breath