PLANT SOME SWEET PEAS THERE, TOO

 by Doug Draime

Bulldoze the green and lush ivy walls.
Tear down the sanctimonious Ivory Towers.
Plow up the campuses and classrooms.

Plant tulips and roses and lilacs and carnations there,

where blind conformity is sold,

where education is a complacent whore spreading
it's legs to worship war,

where imperialism and corporate murderers are
                       justified,

where the souls of your children are gutted like
     beasts of prey,

where the lies about the American Dream
     originated,

where tenure is a cover-up for increasing ethical
     compromise,

where corruption is over looked for the sake of
     cronyism and the Empire.

Bulldoze the green and lush ivy walls.
Tear down the sanctimonious Ivory Towers.
Plow up the campuses and classrooms.

And plant redwoods and sycamores and spruce
                    and oaks.
Plant some tomatoes and onions and carrots
                    and a peach tree.
Plant some sweet peas there, too.