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Forget French wine— we are teetotallers. All's we get drunk on these days is power. We don't eat French fries unless we've renamed 'em "freedom." We don't waffle like no sissy Belgians, with their whipped cream on everything— we'll whip their cream but good. Remember how we socked it to those fucken Krauts, fueled on Liberty Cabbage? Now those ingrates are throwing it all back at us, just as the hummus is about to hit the fan in Turkey, Syria and Iran. We fried up Baghdad like falafel (we'll call it Liberty Cake.) We used a lotta oil. We really did it up brown. Hope you brought your appetite, we like to eat hearty (everything's big in Texas.) But of course, monsoor, humble pie is not on our menu. · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans Iraq on Swans Sabina Becker is a poet and a writer who lives in Cobourg, Ontario with her computer, her books and her cats. In addition to her regular contributions to Swans, you can see more of her work at http://www.sabinabecker.com. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Sabina Becker 2003. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. |
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