Limbaugh

 "Limbaugh"--

take out the 

"im"

and the

"b" 

and you have 

"Laugh."

 

But it wasn't funny,

was it,

 

how he invaded

our lives

over the radio?

 

Where once we tuned in 

for joy and escape, 

peace and rest, 

dancing and stories and updates,

we found snakes 

when we wanted nourishment,

we found stones

 when we needed bread for the day.

 

Daily, he sowed hate

into the hearts

of our loved ones.

Daily, he divided our families

with lies and hate,

with narrowness beyond

what was already there.

 

What we needed was space

and we got confinement

over the airways.

He gave spit, not air.

Spewing is all you do with hate,

you're not breathing anymore.

 

 

 

Inspired in part by The Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplain (1940)

The Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplain text

Appears in "Iron Sky" by Paolo Nutini on the Album Caustic Love