Saturday, June 16, 2012

9/5/2004


Don’t know
how
it came about
he said
thinking
a respite
had been arrived at
until he
looked more closely
seeing
he had
taken beauty hostage
again
and was treating her
pornographically
not
he would swear
on anyone's life
his desire
or intention
but his actions
are there
for all to see
troubling
this lapse
into violation
of what he cherishes.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

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.