What will we tell the children How is it little children can play together without bigotry or hate, yet Give a little boy a toy gun, and I guarantee he will shoot a classmate What will we tell the children happy and laughing; unaware of the chaos that surrounds them The world we live in; The world we are leaving them What will we tell the children When they see the violence and illegal acts that happen every day People being murdered in the street What will we tell the children When ICE is arresting brown people because of how they look Dragging citizens from the homes People who have done nothing wrong Veterans and heroes, it doesn’t matter Husbands and wives, children, too What will we tell the children ICE officers are acting illegally because they have a quota to fill, and The boss is keeping score What will we tell the children If they survive. If they don’t whined up in a camp What will we tell the children When AI has taken over, and the country is broke What will we tell the children How can we explain, the nation elected a madman, a felon, and a crook Because he promised some people what they didn’t have; What they wanted to hear; what they wanted for free Good paying jobs, no wars, better health care, and cheaper eggs What will we tell the children When there are no jobs or health care When their education is a joke What will we tell the children When they ask why we didn’t know he was lies; That’s all he knows and we knew that Power and wealth were all he wanted, plus His name on every building; gilt on every façade A legacy of lies and deceit Monuments to our foolishness and His insanity What will we tell the children
