HEAD-LINES (3-27-08)
These are the first words that my muse threw down to me after reading the headlines last night.
* Parents Didn’t Expect Daughter To Die During Prayer
* Destroying Torture Tapes - Freeing government, themselves from serious legal troubleDidn’t have to be
Child wrapped in such faith
Stench of miracle
* Crash of U.S. economy has begunA shrieking pale
Is and shall be the ghosts haunting the masters of this
Frame by frame
* Aid groups- Somalia too riskyNeither sidewalk nor gutter
Could tell me what’s going to happen because of this
Walking my daughter home from school, no gas in the car
* West Bank faces toxic waste crisisWaiting for someone
Abandoned there, knee-deep in blood-rooted Africa
Does anyone care
* McCain warns of Iraq genocideAnd dark spot upon the skin
Of a darling peoples, waiting, needing to be seen
An illness far worse which came before
* North Korea told “time is running out”And there he was
Hunched like a sniper, crowd of microphones, a glazed, suffering face
Of one who knows not where they are
* Bush lauds pace of Iraq progressDeadline approaching
Uttered the old clock whose previous declaration wound down
Words are like deadly weapons, threatening to their very end
* Fighting in Basra sets off clashes throughout IraqSomething is missing
Which explains such optimism, his legendary dim sightedness
I say this as it would be shameful not to mention his strengths
Misery shuffled like a deck of cards without aces
Game long over, playing on
Keen to craving power
