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Excitement and loss devastation and heroism defined Infamy and focus, "We're in, we're in!" Destruction and pain on all sides Propaganda and body parts Cartoons and evil defined A tear for the dead and a shout at the hunted "How could they have been so blind?" Lines drawn in the sand A new standard of living to be idealized those removed beneath the notice of men with profits to realize The jungle sings its cruel song The shadows laugh and destroy Technology emboldens but fails to deliver Just the tallest of the toys To each, his need in turn From each his strength in time fine until true natures emerge Push back, push back, must hold the line Corruption held up as the lesser Two evils or three or four The warm and well fed with no reason to see the eyes of revenge at their door The height of hubris beckons "An idea to be changed!", we're sold And the retribution we watched again and again is the reason for it,