Jet fuel polystyrene gel fire bomb. Napalm disguised as MK-77 Mod 5
laid down by Cobras sweeping in low almost hidden in smoke exploding from artillery in mushroom clouds carrying pieces which ignite before they strike ground in a screen of fire inextinguishable by water pyre dedicated to MOLOCH
Military idolatry. This rain of fire fell on the city.
The men, the women and the children struck began to burn in a coating of white phosphorous.
Bodies, clothes largely intact, skin dissolved, caramelized, some still in their beds, in fact, human remains the consistency of leather bore the mark of Cain, the obscene burn signature of MOLOCH melting flesh to the bone groaning moaning
MOLOCH
Fire bomb. Napalm. White phosphorous incendiaries. Military idolatry.
MOLOCH
in the bible an idol of the Ammonites
MOLOCH
to whom children were righteously sacrificed
by burning
Vi Ransel
Vi's works appear widely both in print and online. She conducts Poetry Workshops and gives readings in Central New York. Her latest chapbook is "Sine Qua Non Antiques (an Arcanum of History, Geography and Treachery).
