war crimes

SECOND COMING OF DARKNESS

As profane supernova of oriental origin
Fades into decadent echoes of Western impunity,
A mother prays in desperation
Awaiting production-line freedom and democracy

The second coming of darkness
Jolts her violently from her dance with delusion
Instantaneously she imagines the anguish of those who have lost their loved ones
Momentarily before her thoughts are drowned out by the sound of a child crying and air raid sirens

Meanwhile in comfortable lounge rooms of the affluent West,
Media blackout breeds fear from without
Terror is what strikes terror when the lights are positioned
Corporate pigeons feed hate from within
Terror is not true terror when the acts are state-sanctioned

As cluster revelations of 'accidental' consequence
Tear into post-mutant babies of 'lesser' humanity,
A mother cries in resignation
Invoking emotions of grief and lost maternity

Infra-red culling of madness
Wakes hers from her trance of confusion
Ephemerally she understands the heartache of all who have ever suffered
Momentarily before she too is greeted by the cold comfort of death in the name of freedom

Meanwhile in narcotic cafes of the dominant West,
Media blackout breeds pride from without
Freedom is what brings freedom when you control world history
Corporate pigeons feed lies from within
Freedom must be true freedom when the motives are holy

As yellow ribbons are tied for righteous U.S. troops
Thoughts are absent for innocent souls now departed
Intuitively peculiar but eerily familiar
For compassion requires human connection
But in the language of freedom and democracy,
Collateral damage is holy and unavoidable
Combat terror with terror to escalate the conflict
The more threats one creates, the more freedoms to restrict

sc 5/3/03

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