vicious circle

James Fallows warned, our wars will never end
as long as senators exempt their sons.
Mis-named department, once used to defend,

now fears its budget shrinks with conflicts won.

Tax-dollars circulate through lobbyists

to buy the senators who authorize

consigning more lives to the war-god's fist.

Lord Ares gets his cut each time one dies.

As K-Street glitters with retired Brass

we make sure Congress buys the latest arms.
Their motives are peculiar to their class;

society at large absorbs the harm.

Ike heard the death-throes of our government

in those colluding to sell armaments.