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August 13, 2014

Slaughter (a poem)

By Gary Corseri

"When will they ever learn?" Pete Seeger sang. One of the great problems with learning anything nowadays is who is doing the teaching! Media squawks at us constantly. If we can't cut the strings... we are doomed.

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Slaughter (a poem)

By Gary Corseri)

Execution, après Goya - Yan Pei-Ming - Exposition Les desastres de la guerre 1800-2014 - Musee Louvre-Lens
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Who are these fools who talk so glibly

About war, and sending messages, our role

In the world, credibility? Who elected them,

Who signs their checks, what games do they play

To climb the Ladder of Excess? Around

A table, they prop themselves, and then invade

Living rooms, kitchens, airport lounges--any

Place the gullible can hear or see them.

And this is the age of 24-7, and their bad ideas

Bathe the networks of our neurons, and

Their words drone in our restless sleep: war,

And honor; upholding values; respons-

Ibility; ability to lead; and, of course,

The next election--who's up, who's down,

Who's going to win; and why it matters.

And all of it mixed in the Great Mixer

That they'll sell you for 3 easy payments,

Plus shipping and handling.

Call now!



Authors Bio:
Gary Corseri has published & posted his work at hundreds of venues worldwide, including Op Ed News, The New York Times, CounterPunch, CommonDreams, DissidentVoice, L.A. (and Hollywood--) Progressive. He has been a professor in the US & Japan, has published 2 collections of poetry, 2 novels, and edited a literary anthology. He has performed his work at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum, and his dramas have been produced on Atlanta-PBS and elsewhere.

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