We have an umbrella
model: UNbrella
That never opens
When
bullets rain
grenades hail
exploding bombs thunder
or
rockets strike as lightning
   
It does not matter if it is
Vietnam
Kampuchea
Bangladesh
Iraq
Bosnia
Afghanistan
Gaza 
or
Lebanon
It is always the same story!
   
But
When the
destruction
on the instructions of
hungry profiteers
is completed  
 
While
solemn, wise but impotent
men in general assembly
sit and discuss security and
pass resolutions without the
means to implement them
           
And when
the children cease weeping by exhaustion
the women stop mourning in utter despair
the men abandon hope in abounding gloom
the aged forsake faith in sheer misery
 
Then it opens –
Our UNbrella
to give shelter to
avid peace-makers
ardent negotiators
eager politicians
enthusiastic re-builders –
Brilliant stars from our planet!
 
What a shameful spectacle!
What a constellation of hypocrites!