Early Bird Special

What thoughts should I be thinking now?
Grand kids sprouting up like weeds
Neighbors’ twins got into med school
What was that ping in the SUV?

But I see the West is stacking hoodlums
Each one looking at his screen
Don’t hang your head boys things are hopeless
But they’re exactly what they seem

They watch the East collecting armies
Missiles point at active cores
Death at scale beyond the scriptures
Every heart a cry of war

This ain’t closure, this ain’t space
This ain’t a meeting of minds
This ain’t the start of a beautiful friendship
This is the end of time