this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment
we have no sympathy for the devil
we acknowledge the power to act that is in us
cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.
image and poem below the fold
Girls look through a fence at a refugee camp in Mosul April 5, 2007. About 250 families moved from Tal Afar town to camps in Mosul since last weeks’ violence attacks.
REUTERS/Khaled al-Mousuly (IRAQ)
Tuesday
words/music by Kent Lambert (aka Roommate)
The war will start on Monday
we will go to work
we will read the headlines
we will go get coffee.
The war will start on Monday
we will talk to God
or maybe not
we will go get lunch.
Maybe we’ll eat pasta
maybe we’ll eat pork
maybe we’ll eat tofu
maybe we’ll eat crow
maybe we’ll eat crow.
The war will start on Monday
we will watch the clock
we’ll go to the protest
or maybe not
or maybe not.
The war will start on Monday
we will watch TV
we will change the channels
we will go to sleep
and in our dreams we’ll drop the bombs and stop the bleeding
in our dreams we’ll write the songs that start the healing
in our dreams we’ll find another way
and the war will end on Tuesday.
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Roommate’s website
(including mp3 of the featured song)
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April is National Poetry Month
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