On the day when Arecibo collapsed
Under the weight of years of neglect
Failing to do the necessary maintenance
The media never mentioned this cause
On the day gravity destroyed that radio telescope
The Chinese dug moon rocks to bring back here
Sending an image of their flag planted there
A synchronous event the media avoided pairing
Once the largest radio telescope in the world
A proud symbol of American scientific supremacy
Bites the dust captured on video imploding
A metaphor for decline the media ignores
Now the largest such telescope is in China
More than twice the surface area that was Arecibo
Completed four years ago if you check out facts
Something the media did not point out
No the media runs stories attacking China
When the hospitals here are overwhelmed in crisis
By the uncontrolled surge in COVID cases
While China has it completely under control
While the media promotes promises of a vaccine
As if limited innoculation will end the pandemic here
China is ready to send their vaccines abroad
To any country that welcomes the aid
These days there is no doubt about it
China is ascendant and superior in many ways
The basis for all the criticism in the media
Though never admitting the reason for it
This country is falling apart quite literally
Exposing all the systemic contradictions
Inviting us to look to the success of China
And question what the media tells us
That bogeyman word socialism is behind it
Scaring the capitalist owners and their media
Trying to scare us against going there
Trying to stop us by denying the obvious
