9/4/2004

The slaughtered

were the entrée

again today

the special

a serving of children

satisfying some ideology

or derangement

difficult

to know the difference

those giving orders

getting the same 
results

for reasons

dressed up as noble

while

hiding dirty secrets

with bloodstained hands

and

off in the distance

stand those

most outraged

their response

premeditated

serving well

the black holes

where their souls

used to be

while small bodies

and the mangled lives

they leave behind

are wept over

and soon forgotten

making way

as

we have always done

for yet another reminder

of our capabilities.