Football Channel Poems by Patrick C. Healy

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Darfur Nielsen Ratings

There is a conflict in Darfur
No mass appeal for this war
Seems no one pays attention, just can’t make the connection
Just a bunch of Africans dying on the television
The Nielsen ratings are way too low
To send in Uncle Sam’s GI Joes
They are all alone and people nobody is willing to rescue
Too many distractions from other more important news venues

There is a war in Darfur
But no one cares as the people are just too poor
Just not going to let them on our TVs unless their Nielsen ratings soar
So much better violence on CNN to put up with this boar
From an IED bomber attacks in Iraq
To an exploding man in Afghanistan
Every hot spot country from Iran to Pakistan
All have a media plan but not impoverished Sudan

The world news is about to pull the plug on the war in Darfur
No new advertising dollars are there to explore
Each day more and more babies die in the desert of the Sudan
Just not interesting to the public so toss the film in the garbage can
Even George Clooney can’t sell Darfur with his star power
There is no more prime time for this dying desert flower
We just don’t want to watch it anymore
Please just turn the channel and get the latest football scores

I got my religion…

I got my religion and you got yours too!
Although mine’s better than yours and you should know that’s true
But you deny my truths and declare them lies
The hell with you as that’s my God’s surprise

I got my religion and you got yours too!
So let’s fight and die ’cause that’s what we do
Why my God can’t they see?
You hate them but You love me

I got my religion and you got yours too!
On and on against each other Christian, Moslem and Jew
Where we going and where is the truth?
Can I ever find it among the uncouth?

I got my religion and you got yours too!
The world is waiting for something to do
Oh! Oh! the humanity
Oh! Oh! Oh! the uncertainty

Writer is an Irish born and American raised in NYC. Over the years, he has set footprints in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe, North America and Central America. He lived overseas for extended periods, and countries he has lived in as an expat were Ireland, Germany and Indonesia. Writer listens to ABBA.

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