isis unleashed
A dark political lament on violence, hatred and the loss of innocence, confronting the forces of war and political complicity through stark imagery.
their fierceness of fierce intention brought
a malice, spoliation – bitter and bereft
of love’s sweet gesture, humanity deprived
of Earth’s innocence & her graceful air.
that abstracted throne, the dark space of evil
possessed in this seat for time remaining,
blood spilled in hate & in envious revenge –
mischief spread in gratuitous rage.
the spectrum conjures innumerable projections,
listen to the dismal universal hiss; the sound
of politicians & public applauding – they would
speak truth but the fork shaped tongue.
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