Defend defend defend defend
defend until the very end
defend your friend defend your foe.
defend your TV’s right to know
defend your sweat-shop running-shoe
defend yourself from Cuba too
defend your dog defend your cat
from Darwin dope and Arafat
defend your right to bear your arm
defend your burglar alarm
defend your lawn defend its mower
defend your leaves defend their blower
defend your rocket’s rocket science
defend your every last appliance
from terrorist attack and then
defend them staunchly once again
defend your fleet of SUVs
from serious contingencies
and while you’re at it bold erect
defend defenses to protect
our FBI and CIA
defending the American way
defend your national anthem proud
defend it when you sing it loud,
defend your defensive linemen too
defend them till you’re red white blue,
defend your head coach and his flag
from homo perverts dressed in drag
and luring leering pedophiles
entrapping Boy Scouts with their wiles
defend yourself from fear of fear
of fear of fear of turning queer
defend yourself and watch my back
you never know when they’ll attack
defend from covert Arab bombs
conspiring with welfare moms
to deprive you of your hard-
earned platinum credit card
defend our telegenic war
defend the right to fight some more
defend our burgers and our fries
defend them without alibis
defend your sacred Christian right
to download God from Falwell’s site
defend your temporary alliance
to secure permanent compliance
with covert interrogations done
by agents fresh from Washington
defending Cheney’s need to know
from Tulsa to Guantanamo
with weapons loaded, ready, aim
defend your honor and your name
defend Colombia and Peru
and Bangalore and Xanadu
defend our mountain majesty
from homeland insecurity
defend above our fruited plain
defend your bombs from crack cocaine
defend your holy war on drugs
from anthrax-breeding foreign thugs
defend your flag your mom your God in
bold defiance of bin Laden
defend your permanent war on terror
defend your testicles by the pair or
defend them boldly one by one
defend them by the megaton
defend collateral contraband
on damaged strips of holy land
if thoughts of nerve gas make you nervous
defend your right to armored service
defend from heroin from Iraq
smuggled in a sneak attack
inside weapons of mass destruction
defend your oil from foreign suction
defend your right to fight Iran
for pipelines through Georgebushistan
to North Korea and from there
to every country anywhere
defend us from that evil axis
defend from death defend from taxes
defend us from Eritrea
and foreign strains of gonnorhea
concocted deep in secret caves
by hidden nuclear warfare slaves
defend from germs covertly spreadin’
across the plain of Armageddon
defend defend defend defend
defend until the final end
