If you’ve noticed that people have been acting
        kind of nervous   think of whole nations
they are absolutely pathological 
        one day we were selling them
so much killing hardware
        their governmental teeth
were eroding with the metallic grind
        but their appetites increased
along with our economic delight when
        we filled their commissaries
with our indigestible grain as well
        as other stuff they’d once
grown themselves   suddenly (it seemed
        to them) we stopped and declared
them enemies (for what we called
        geographically defensible
reasons) just when they considered us
        a safe source of appetite ful-
filling ordinance   without
        notice   even everyday fighter planes
were withheld   naturally they responded
        with infantile rage and alarming
violence   these countries
        have to be put away for their own
historic health   put out of their 
        inflammable misery   embraced
properly by our embargoes   sanctions etc.
        it’s a pity they act so crazy   look
how nervous you get when the weather changes