Do you have to?
He has bonds and gold
he can be bold
booms and busts he can make
markets and people he can break
whole countries’ economies too
that’s what he can do!
But I ask:
Do you have to?
Yes,
he says
I do what I can
for I’m a financial man.
He has bombs and planes
to destroy cars and trains
every man he can kill
whenever he will
flatten whole cities too,
that’s what he can do!
But I ask:
Do you have to?
Yes,
he says
I do, what I can
for I’m a military man
He can clone
flesh and bone
and that’s not the least
can cross man with beast
make any deadly virus too
that’s what he can do!
But I ask:
do you have to?
Yes,
he says
I do, what I can
for I’m a scientist man
In his hand he holds a knife
it can terminate your life,
your hubris has made you an easy prey
you could cross his path now any day
the knife in his hand can kill and destroy, too
But I ask:
do you have to?
Calm and slow
he says no,
I do not do what I can
for I’m a God-fearing man