In the name of Allah
July 16, 2006
Two fathers speak:
One father oversees his child play under a blue sky,
My son thrives in the presence of Allah
oh take delight in this moment!
Creator and Created
forever beautiful…
any second any outing any worship any moment any hell
The second father overlooks a hole blown into a street,
My son was ripped from this life
and flung into the shrapnel sky
his body became a constellation of flesh and blood
I will never forget the sight…
any second any outing any worship any moment any hell
2003/2006
When
June 3, 2006
I frown
I react
in fear
I smile
I react
in love
the killing brine
May 29, 2006
The rising sun falls from the sky in flames
while bodies float atop the killing brine.
We search for light moving into frame,
no grave as lonely as this chilling brine.
They fly unseen with dead abandon,
fast and low atop the churning brine.
Then rise to dive, they attack at random.
We jump into the burning brine.
How many prayers were said this day?
How many fell silent to the brine?
Why must we die such pointless ways
in this vast and lonely killing brine?
Dog Knows First
May 23, 2006
He leaps
from the couch
and growls at the sky.
Then looks back at me –
to say goodbye.
Soon come the winds
straight from hell
all we can do
is bark and yell.
The Earth is an ember
our spirits release,
another failed planet
another failed peace.
dogs of war
May 20, 2006
Dogs of war
trot through the streets
at dawn
nails tapping
on asphalt,
heads moving left to right.
With each turn of
each forsaken corner
their ranks swell…
since there is little food
and even less love
to go around
for dogs
who were once
tender pups.
To have no care of wrong or right
May 18, 2006
To have no care of wrong or right,
have no thought but to be,
soar and see as a hawk in flight.
Fly from dark into light,
hold no sense of history,
to have no care of wrong or right.
Wire your brain to plumes that fright,
know only what you need to be;
soar and see as a hawk in flight.
See the red the black the white,
kill then eat warm flesh, be free
to have no care of wrong or right.
Practice not duty nor requite.
Sing bleeding cries of victory.
Soar and see as a hawk in flight.
Have no pretense but your might
Take not knowledge from the tree.
To have no care of wrong or right,
soar and see as a hawk in flight.
How Not To Lead
March 22, 2006
Put the maximization of profit above all ideals
call it the American dream.
Invite lobbyists to secretly make policy
declare it executive privilege.
Listen only to people who agree with you
pretend you do otherwise.
Paint all who dissent with a broad pink brush
label them a problem.
Intimidate rather than dialogue
blame it on evil.
squander a surplus
build a deficit
outsource torture
ignore law
fatten the rich
squeeze the poor
call yourself a Christian.
Mission First – Think Later…
March 22, 2006
HEY YA’LL! WATCH THIS!
unHappy Anniversary
March 20, 2006
Today, on NPR's (National Public Radio's) Morning Edition, reporter Mike Shuster gives a comprehensive timeline review of events and spin leading up to the war in Iraq. The piece is titled Iraq Three Years Later: the Path to War. Listen at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5289399
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