The Righteous Weapon

This is why morality
Won’t work. Listen to the words
Of the most ruthless people,

Hear how often they invoke
Friendship, fairness, just causes,
How they mourn their own losses,

Speak with pride of lofty goals.
Moral language is a tool
Anyone and everyone

Can and will use, and no tool
Humans ever invented
Hasn’t been made a weapon.