"IMMACULATE INTERVENTIONS"

Do you remember the Concert For Bangla Desh?
It was supposed to alleviate hunger and starvation
Even The Beatles could not stop financial corruption
Food aid to Sudan is stolen via military/children die
while Somalia is reduced to clan warfare
WE ARE THE WORLD might give Band-Aid PR
it did not get donations through to those desperately needing support
This is not to say foreign aid is a lost cause-
intervention in failed states when famine and drought combine
is as necessary as water ,irrigation and hygiene programs
The problem is military-those with guns take from those without
From Mexican cartels killing journalists to headless mariachis
how can civilians control mad military might?Even militias march to borders
in the absurd pretense of economic betterment
Bombs and guns cost billions and kill us-
fund songs and poems,art and dance and healing programs
By consent of those at risk,new Marshall Plans will thrive
Deficit economics and austerity frauds mean a few rich
and too many unemployed .Time to support peace,love and justice.
Shift military spending to necessary civilian infrastructures-
food inspectors,environmental protectors,tree planting.
Immaculate interventions require imaginative initiatives-
money is only one form of energy.Goodwill another.
Time to remember we are all in this world together.