I have been writing but haven't posted any poems in the last few weeks. While the images of Abu Ghraib have exposed the lies of Bush and company about being liberators (after the weapons of mass killing being promulagated by Bush/Cheney were exposed to be lies), their argument now seems to rest on the immoral grounds that "Look at the thousands of Iraqis tortured by Saddam; whereas we only tortured a few Iraqis." Is this the America that I know? No! Contrary to the religious neo-con vision of a theocratic America that is a betrayal of the current "leaders" in the White House and Congress to their sworn oaths to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution there are millions of Americans that have been mobilized both in thought and deed to restore America to the basic, bedrock ideals of our founders of freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

blood

blood
     every drop
          from the terrorist bomb explosion
               to our hellfire from our puff the magic dragon gunships

     does one life of an american equal ten lives of the enemy
          or one hundred lives of the other
               or one thousand lives of those who believe in a weaker god


every lie
     is a bullet into the heart of the constitution
          with grins and chortles by those with facism in mind
               as the lives of our sons and daughters are left on desert sands

     taking the easy path
          even enjoying the walk towards darkness
               while honor, morality, and ethics are disemboweled from the soul

what is red upon exposure to air will soon turn black
     innumerable flakes to be driven by that infernal desert wind
          mixing both ours and theirs
               as the weeping and sorrow is done in private

     broken vessels to discolor their skin
          cracked bones to hobble their youth and to break their parents’ spirit
               frozen in time by pictures taken by the western born liberators


the mask of words to hide the body of actions
     bush and his men and women who spit on the constitution
          dressed in three piece suits with little flag pins
               are traitors to the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

     listening to the tone deaf exhortations
               wrapped in the bloody, 9/11 tattered piece of red, white, and blue cloth
               to wage the infinite justice of our war making to eradicate evil