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bursting waters 9 months 11 days
birthing violence of the ages
who’s gut is not cramping
after this steady diet times
increased violence/increased terror
school shootings beheadings
civil wars one side
still armed with stones
the other not so many bodies
smart bombs bunker busters
who’s gut is not cramping
is not human
goodbye to September
hello October what political surprises
will be vented on American voters
this time, this […]

“We must get over our addiction to oil.” - GWB
(When he doesn’t repeat himself
we know he didn’t mean it.)
“It’s not a war OF civilizations,
it is a war FOR civilization.” - GWB
(When uncivilized,
men beat and/or stoned women
and lopped heads off.
When uncivilized,
warhawks drop mega bombs
on the innocent
and call it collateral damage.)
O say can you see
any Civility here
between […]

Bill Maher and Laura Ingraham
on a Bill O’Reilly boat
given separate times at bat
with no Mr. O’ throwing curve balls
was a dichotomy i’d like to materialize
up the same creek
with turn-off mikes should one speak over the other
no ramblers allowed
let them speak in poetry of short lines
perhaps use old high school rules of debate
(i can still hear […]

the Ugly Americans are but a few
still swimming up the tube
to where neighbors help and share
this God fight has us most a’tizzy
in a junk yard all a’clamor
where you go when dead
holding more importance
than living life
the very dress of Lady Liberty
still on the cutting room floor
and in her eyes a dimming light
“Be thankful for
any arms that […]

it is not yet dawn of the next day
of his mother’s path reaching end
peace is in the making
mother and son reunion
this holy child’s
(all children being holy)
penciled fingers pause
to become
the next motherless child
eyes grow weary also
of world carnage
and personal carnage
sunrise will be soon enough
for the fisherman to haul
in the nets of night

War produces terror.
If you are a parent,
joblessness produces terror.
Starvation produces les Miserables.
When we stop praising the Lord
with our right hand
and passing the ammunition with our left
the terror of war and poverty will be over.

how does a slap in the face
bring US to our knees Bush?
“They kill without mercy?”
as opposed to US killing with mercy?
we are all veterans of Vietnam
who know why no draft…
military enlistees are required
to take a vow making it a crime
to speak out against US government
I’m begging you please Mr. Bush
stop dragging our sons and daughters
in […]

she was a fake and he found out
now she lives in the nightmare of her dreams
nightmares of always lost
she buys a ticket to Washington, D.C
but “they” fly her to Norfolk, West Virginia
nor folk or foe only the endless halls
and elevators and mindless masses passing
she realizes “they” have tricked her, and,
more important, it’s a rerun
her hands […]

the UN should be eliminated
Saddam didn’t follow UN sanctions
Israel is not required to follow UN sanctions
Saddam killed 1,000’s of Iranians
Bush wants to attack Iran his
killing of Iranians will be collateral damage
CNN.com’s No Brainer Quick Vote Today:
Do you agree with research that men
are more likely than women to support wars?
(but did prove 12% of voters were […]

CNN.com Quick Vote Question of the day:
” Should filmmakers use fictionalized scenes
to dramatize the events leading up
to the September 11 attacks?”
One answer is obvious.
The events following the September ll attacks
lead to a war based on fiction.
Scene I: “Daddy why do they hate us?”
Scene II: Warhawks screech “They hate our freedom!
[…]

“The 9/11 attack killed 2,973 people, including Americans and foreign nationals but excluding the terrorists. The 9/11 death toll was calculated by CNN.
“The comparison between fatalities in the war on terror and 9/11 was drawn last month by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during testimony before the Senate Armed […]

from my ear to your ear
from whom given the right
to dominate the space of sound
can i set off firecrackers
five times a day every day
without losing my head to a lop?
or does it only din in my ears
because God has enemies:
puffed up orators in public squares
pontificating profits
for an unholy grail?
railing for centuries
warring the “infidels”
we are muezzins […]