Clarion Call
On the Souls of Animals, Military Futility, and Brother Death as a Friend
Society listen
You educate our people
Exercise social control
Then you tell us that animals
Ain’t got no soul
There ain’t no sense in you
Yet you claim to be right
You’re so mixed up
You ain’t never seen the light
Your armies and your navies
And your air force too
Will be of little use
When Brother Death calls on you
You think death is an enemy
But death is a friend
You’ll see Death in the beginning
‘cause Death ain’t the end.
The Shady River Bard Creative Ecosystem
Trevor Swistchew's poetry and philosophical essays are published in fellowship with The Shady River Bard—exploring a 26-album concept discography, working permaculture, and reflections on human purpose.