I

In history, inhumanity
Belies the lie of our better nature.
Natural order:
The other outdoes no other
As atrocity answered by
Another's blood spills
On the altar of a
Victorious victims godless vision of
Righteous retribution over
Wrongs wrought in
Absolute absolution.


II


Bitter breath contrives consolation to
Condone yesterday's contribution to
Today's calculations concerning
Tomorrow's conclusion to this
Confused situation that
Satisfies sit-com saturation through
Video war game maturation,
The next level livened by the
Blood of colored folk.


III

Forgive me father, mother
For I have fallen into fear
Feigning faithless faults
I have felt the wrath that
Wraps rapidly and
Rips apart the partition
Separating heart beat
From drum beat -
Let's beat the bastard to a
Pulp of palpitating madness,
Mindful that
Forgotten forgiveness forges
Another day's
Destructive destiny.


IV

Memos manifest
Presidential position pertaining to
Torture interrogation.
Torrential denial dilutes
Determination but few forget that
Photographic evidence confirms
Reality, the hooded hoodlum with
Ecstatic gesticulation engraved
In the mind of a nation
Naturally immune to the
Mutation that manages messages -
Change the channel dear, there
Must be something else on.


V

Soldier's scream drowned
By the mournful moaning of
Thousands, thoughtlessly
Slaughtered civilians
Unknown
Unacknowledged
Uncounted
The unrepresented understand:
Gory glorification ignobly ignoring
Agonizing affectations afflicted
Unfailingly upon human bodies
Brings blood beyond boiling,
Embroiling even the most
Peaceful person to perceive
Realistic revenge, the
Bomb strapped body blown
To bits might just take a few
Of the bastards out


VI

A child's lilting laughter lifts
Above the crater covered
Landscape, telling a tale of
Innocence untainted by the
Teeming madness, the truth
Told in parental tears,
Tearing the heart in a
Future fraught with frantic
Struggle to survive,
Strife seems sadly
Tragic when trigger trained
Termination turns entire towns into
Organized destructive orgies
Ordered under occupation.
Let's hope they don't confuse
Cluster bombs with food packages


VII

Democratic demonstration denounces
Prevailing political position
Millions march as
Boisterous banners elegantly
Express outraged opposition but the
Managers of military might
Planned penetration long before
Becoming dominant directors of
Domestic dislocation and so
Media manipulation maintains
Mandate mechanization.
First Afghanistan then Iraq then the
Real prize, Iran...
It is our oil after all.


VIII

Is it fate that forever forces us
To follow our forefathers' footsteps?
Sinking in quicksand, quiet
Christian killers caught
Contemplating the correct
Methods for maiming a Muslim.
DNA, I daresay, determines
The religio-racist reaction to
Twin towers, torn, tumbling tragedy
Take a closer look
Into the mirror of fault.




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