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An American Bullet …
by gan Tuesday, Aug 10 2010, 9:43am
international / prose/poetry / commentary

enters the side
of a loving father’s head
smashing the skull
and exploding the brain
as it continues
on its deadly
journey.

an indiscriminate projectile
unleashed by a treacherous,
lying President in Washington,
a reprehensible criminal
that promised, swore
to scale down unjust wars
and bring the troops home;
but greedy Corporatists
would have none of it.

deceive the masses
and exploit the poor
is their motto.

bloated, loathsome
parasites that destroy
everything they touch,
killers of women, children
and innocent men –
fathers, brothers, sons;

smashed skulls
bloodied hair,
fragments of bone and brains
on my hands and shirt,
an American legacy
an example of Obama’s
'Change.'

a father dying
in my arms;
a son’s tears burning
like acid,
lips
vowing vengeance,
retribution.

an American bullet,
a gift from Wall St;
un-elected, unrepresentative magnates
determining the course of nations,
the fate of millions.

but victims are not deceived
they live
to become merciless enemies
of everything American

including a black
slave President
that does what he's told
by the un-elected --
how the mighty have fallen!

one could care less
except for the legacy
of blood and brains
a gift from Corporatist America.

a last embrace for a dying
father
a loving gentle man
enemy of no one
murdered
by American acquisitiveness,
(insatiable) blood-lust,
and unrestrained AVARICE.

are you in awe of
our acquired skills -- our
mastery of your language
and ways?

wait
patiently
for your reward,
an appropriate response
in preparation …