Ten-inch shells for Christmas gifts,
And peace on earth forever.
To Gandhi in his cell,
Ring out, bright Christmas bell!
Ring Hallehuiah! Praise the Lord!
(For murder and for rape.)
(And drown the voodoo drums-
We’ll rob you to the Christian hymns
Until the next Christ comes.)
(While Yankee domination
Keeps a nice fat president
In a little half-starved nation.)
(“Due to economic laws”)
Oh, eat, drink, and be merry
With a bread-line Santa Claus-
While all the church bells sway!
While, better still, the Christian guns
Proclaim this joyous day!
Spits forth a mighty Yuletide song:
SHOOT Merry Christmas everywhere!
Let Merry Christmas GAS the air!
Filed under: activism, Anti-War, Holidays, poetry, politics, US Politics Tagged: | langston hughes, merry christmas
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