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these are the days reminder Viet Nam was the map of the world reminder when we were not in a “quagmire” a fucking bloodbath was the chime I got my first hate letter today “your heroes got
what they asked for why don't you show the pictures of the dead babies” |
A FUCKING BLOODBATH
I FIND THE PICTURES, BUT
DO WE HAVE TO SEE THEM
I SHOW THE FAMILIES’ FACES
DISTORTED BEYOND MEASURE WITH
GRIEF AND
SHOULD WE SHOW
THE MUTILATION OF DEATH
THE FLESH AND BONES OF
“QUAGMIRE”?
STOPPING CARS TO BASRA WITH
THE WORDS
“Ali Baba”
“ALI BABA”
YOU ARE THIEF YOU ARE THIEF
you are thief your are thief
THE WORDS
“Ali Baba”
“ALI BABA”
YOU ARE THIEF YOU ARE THIEF
you are thief your are thief
we are ali baba
thief of their land
thief of their soul
thief of their way of life
BUT NO IT IS NOT THE MARINES
THE GUARD
THE ARMY THE NAVY THE
HIRED HITMEN
THE CAMOUFLAGED THAT KILL
it is the beast
the darkness of a war president
a war minister a war world a war economy
the beast
may the spirit of those killed return
as peace
makers
i can only report
I can only report
these are the days
I ran from when the
map was Asia
Now my job is keep
map of desert my
mind
the map of death of
dying of
this
link & that
web and the feed from AP
feeding frenzied
each day falls into another
and
no one
can
run
I ran from when the
map was Asia
Now my job is keep
map of desert my
mind
the map of death of
dying of
this
link & that
web and the feed from AP
feeding frenzied
each day falls into another
and
no one
can
run
t
h o u s a
n d s o
f p o e t s , onevoice