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Diary    H4'ed 8/1/14

Tell the Mother

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Slaughter the child

Burn down the playground

Fill the neighborhood

with one-legged dogs


Tell the mother

lies and no

when she begs

for explanation

Tell the Mother

her God is dead

while yours is

proudly dancing


Uproot the ancient

olive tree

Pin its Husband

weeping to the ground


Tell the mother

lies and no

when she begs

for explanation

Tell the Mother

her God is dead

while yours is

proudly dancing


Steal the light

extinguish the cooking fire

Build horror in the

cherished homes of lovers


Tell the mother

lies and no

when she begs

for explanation

Tell the Mother

her God is dead

while yours is

proudly dancing


Drive burning steel

screaming into the teeming hospital

double down on suffering

turn loose the hungry hounds


Tell the mother

lies and no

when she begs

for explanation

Tell the Mother

her God is dead

while yours is

proudly dancing


Turn your children's backs

from hope and peace

Build them playgrounds

of hate and desperation


Tell the mothers

lies and no

when they beg

for explanation

Tell the Mothers

the Other's God is dead

while theirs is

proudly dancing


Someday they will tell you

they don't want a dancing

God







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