"The images you are seeing on television, you are seeing over and over and over...It's the same picture of some person walking out of some building with a vase and you see it twenty times. And you think, my goodness, were there that many vases?" Who let him out of the bottle? His scowl is hard and pinched, as from too much sun. Plus life inside a hookah bowl has a way of doing that to one. Unloosed, he's loud and voluble and waves his hands like an almighty dork. The spells he weaves are mayhem-full and rife with looting. Quick, the cork! TrioletThe War on Terror can bite my ass. No, this is not an invitation-- though this, I'm sure, will come to pass: the War on Terror, biting my ass. It's come to such a pretty pass in Iraq, though lacking provocation. The War on Terror can bite my ass. No, this is not an invitation! · · · · · ·
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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