As a contribute to our battle for a better, safer
and healthier life on this planet Mother Earth I
will offer you a poem now and then on GANA's
Website.
Sometimes it will be one of my own other times
it will be of an other poet. If you want to republish
the poems please take note of the
copyright and put that under the poem.
My poems have never been officially published,
so you will be among the first to read those.
When the World Court Hearings were held in 1995
in The Hague round the issue of: "Are nuclear
weapons illegal?", I read a poem to Karin Salzmann
and Mary Riseley to launch the day and to put our
minds on the issue of: "What are we fighting for?".
Here's a poem on an issue I personally am very scared of:
The madness of some politicians who say they really cannot do without THE BOM!
I hope to see you all on the next Abolition
2000 meeting.
Ak Malten,
Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance (GANA).
Political Science
No one likes us - I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money - But are they grateful
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us - so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada is too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an all American amusement park there
They got surfing too
Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us any how
poem of Randy Newman:
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
Copyright 1969 January Music Corp.,
a division of A. Schroeder International
Ltd. (BMI).
Text song by Randy Newman on his
Album Sail Away (REP 44185 (2064))