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WHAT ARE THOSE TRAINING BRAS TRAINING THEM FOR
WHAT ARE THOSE TRAINING BRAS TRAINING THEM FOR
It isn’t that women
didn’t have breasts
when I was young
And it isn’t
that I didn’t notice
without of course too much
appearing to notice
But what’s
with all this
in your face
lifting and pointing
All this pairamilitary
upping of the calibers
from 32’s to 38’s to 45’s
all the way to bazooka
From succor and delight
to ready for a fight
And is it just
some harmless plastic
or les explosifs plastique
Perhaps we need to let
the UN inspectors in
9-11 2007
9-11 2007
It is the anniversary of the attack
seems like they have one every year
Wreathes are laid, videos are released
spin doctors spin, dead in graves spin
Deaths in reaction dwarf deaths in the action
I mean in numbers, others decide on value
I am grateful when a friend sends me
a poem by Hafiz
GONE IS GONE
GONE IS GONE
A just war, an unjust war, or just war
A midnight arm, flung
across an unmade bed
Half empty or half full
NEXT
NEXT
Cindy Sheehan has spent
enough time in a tent
It is time to let her rest
other mothers can be found
Last month a hundred or more
made it through the qualifying round
COLLATERAL DAMAGE (SUPPLY AND DEMAND)
COLLATERAL DAMAGE (SUPPLY AND DEMAND)
In a world of perfect balance
it is no wonder
so many innocents are killed
How else would one supply
the increasing number of martyrs
increasing demand for virgins
AND COUNTING
AND COUNTING
Three thousand Americans dead
twenty thousand wounds to the body
half a million wounds to the head
These are the ones you may not see
the smallpox blanket Persian rugs
infecting the whole damn family
TWO MORE HAIKUS FOR NO MORE WAR
TWO MORE HAIKUS FOR NO MORE WAR
Rumsfeld fell today
his wake not like their sleep
no flag on coffin
—–
More I hear and see
more “war crimes” gets to be
a redundancy
THINKING WITH DICK
THINKING WITH DICK
Chaney thought, or said he did
that the people of Iraq
would welcome us with open arms
For protection we would need
no Kevlar vests or armored up Humvees
Probably just a few of these
for the grateful women of Baghdad
before us on their knees
CONDOLEEZA TO IRAQ
CONDOLEEZA TO IRAQ
Another faux pas George
you throw Rice at weddings
not funerals