Iraq Obit December 2006

and so farewell Saddam Hussein
a horrible man (among so many)
who as president Bush numero dos

grudgingly admitted had nothing to do
with 9/11 and was in many ways our
constructed creature having at least

one feature in common with George Dubya
and British prime minister Tony Blair and that’s
the killing of thousands of innocent Iraqi

civilians which as secretary of defense Donald
Rumsfeld let slip is, “in effect, the definition
of terrorism” though, as you know, we’re not

supposed to show that kind of info to our citizens
nor even admit it to ourselves but life is murky
muddy swirling oily grey brown sickly and smells

of rotting meat in spite of those posies we keep pressed
to our desensitized noses (democracy, God, God’s will,
Jesus, Mohammed and that “we’re doing the best we can
for our children” guff)

in spite of this complexity of murder in pursuit of noble ends
(a policy continuously undermined by the results) somehow
we have to persist like vultures in soaring beautifully
while trying much, much harder to land like doves
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Comments

[Steve]

Hi L,

No other way of contacting you, your email just keeps bouncing back when i try on both the sites?

Just emailing to say i hope you and peter have a healthy and happy new year.

Love Steve & Bill