Dulce Et Decorum Est III & A Taste of Armageddon

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Dulce Et Decorum Est III & A Taste of Armageddon.



In due homage

to Horace, Owen & Mikhail

i humbly nod



for how sweet & glorious

it must be to kill or die

for God & country

via pompous duty

asphyxiatingly-wrapped faux honor



so c'mon kiddies,

any up for good jingo sport?

who's hungry & poor,

who wants to play

the hubris 'anything for profit' killing game?



As newspapers rah rah

pied piper patriotism

with journalistic integrity

& objectivity ha ha!

as a new battle lies just around the corner

& armed forces day just weeks away hooray!



rally loyal citizens

to whitewash warm innocuous blood

off disgraced musket & sullied polluted flag

strike up the marching parade

manifested by destiny down main street usa hey hey!



Awaken & open thine eyes

chauvinistic folk

come & see

your overseas deeds of nefarious brutality



Since you're liable

for this appalling

tax-paid supported violence

you've exported to hamlets & villages



Assaulting families

who've never

did you any harm

in lands you've never heard of

or care less for

so step on up

one & all



Take a trip

to the overflowing morguesfilled with small smashed bodies

once toddlers

full of laughter & life



Deeply inhale

the rancid stench

of scorched flesh

crispy burnt

to a black bubbly mass

by phosphorus



Gaze into doll dead eyes

frozen forever

by shock & awe

renditioned

via your God blessed terror from above



From atop a cold gurney

a stiff finger of a tiny hand

amidst a mish-mosh of mangled flesh

bulls-eyed at you war supporters



Watch

as grief-stricken father's

zombie-wander

in shattered silence

sifting through ragged debris

devastating destruction

searching

for lost sons

missing daughters



Discovering

ripped wet mangled body parts

strewn out as pieces of a human jig-saw puzzle

taking home

the ear, the hand, the foot

to be quietly buried

while 6000 miles away

heroes giggle

calling this crime this

'bugsplat'



Harken

to the heart-piercing shrieks

as soul-torn asunder mothers

wail like howling wild animals

as they find their loves buried

broken & bloody

in the rubble

of your glorious works



Then if you can

please explain

to the unresponsive moaning

neonatal orphanwhy your armed forces

just murdered his parents

by accident

then wave a condolence payment

like juicy bait in his face



Celebrate

as your special op-forces

silently & quickly

dig out bullets

from civilian bodies

to cover their tracks

from being at the wrong address

again



Declare as a national holiday

murdered women at a bridal shower

or when

4 kids are droned to smithereens

while tending sheep

rejoice

in exported evil exploits

as great american victories

for which your war crimes always are



Trust flim-flam,

the PR propaganda spin

from subjective mass media

obey leaders and church leaders

pay your taxes

which finances anglo-terrorism

through illegal & immoral aggressive violence



Raise your filthy faux flag

higher higher ever higher

to cover the rising pile where the butchered lie

however

dear good christian citizens

no civic rag

could ever soar over

the sick slaying of the innocent



Consider Fallujha

surrounded & caged

as the cowering cringing unarmed civilian inhabitants

are shot, burned & barbequed

like slaughtered sitting ducks

in a 'free-fire zone' shooting gallery



Ponder

upon your sanctimonious attack

at a school in Bajour

where 69 children are massacred by joystick

as you deceive yourself

into believing

it did not happenwashing your hands

as you walk away



This is Sand Creek

Wounded Knee

My Lai

Haditha

too many other mass-media

contorted & distorted great triumphs



To wit

no doubt in my mind

the next war crime called

a 'battle'

or a 'humanitarian bombing'

will be patriotically anointed too

of course

ta ta



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