In The News Again – She Cried

In The News Again

A poetic lament exploring war, media attention and the fragmented way human suffering is witnessed through the news.

Allahu Akbar, she cried,
Allahu Akbar.

Why do they to us?
We are civilians here.

Allahu Akbar, she cried,
Allahu Akbar –

There’s no military here,
We are civilians here.

She bursts into crying –
Fists full on flying.

Destroy all their houses,
Revenge The Devil’s spouses.

But Allahu Akbar,
Where is thou? she screamed.

A schizophrenic moment:
They sharply cut the scene,

To report on Sport –
Athlete crashes into hurdle.

She can fill a bucket –
Commercially it damaged her:

She cried, she cried,
Olympic dream died.

When broadcasters flip it this way
It’s like Jekyll, like Hyde.

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