under the bus

Mohammed Morsi shook the Saudi throne
assuming rule by popular consent
if Arabs could select one of their own
what others might embrace his precedent
but Washington won't call this coup a "coup"
and billions unabated flow in aid
no matter what the Cairo junta do
we guarantee the officers get paid
behind our rhetoric, one hard fact lurks
the people on the street don't have our trust
in Egypt, it's the army corps that works
where other institutions are a bust
we preach the Rights of Man, but it's a sham
when--tangibly--we just don't give a damn