U2 is trudging through a snowy landscape in Sweden in December 1982
They’re pissed off about WAR
As we all should be… except for the profiteers
They love it
Spilled blood and ruined lives make for a fine portfolio
Gold polished and kissed raw beneath a thunderstorm of guts
Enough of that sickening stuff
The album is WAR, released in 1983
The same year I was released from the chains of high school
I recall buying the cassette in one of those old-time mall record stores we used to have
When things were cool
The mall was in Denver
The Mile HIGH city
I remember peeling off the plastic wrapper from the cassette
It was cold outside, and I was beneath trees in a forest of concrete and glass…
It’s New Year’s Day, again
And the wars rage on
Let’s all declare:
Happy New Year!
And then what happens?
cereal after sex 
Your thoughts?