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Ideals Lost in Sand Storms

Peter Magliocco

Give us Madonna’s panties to wrap
over the face of a federal bureaucrat
made in his image: George W. Bush
waxing in euphoric steep deceit
grey money-changers of Halliburton dance
round the desecrated tomb of Saddam
looking for the martyr who lost his head
while nukes from Iran&Korea target America
waiting to silence dismay of turncoats,

& all huddle giving solace in crawlspaces
so the gold standard is spiked
by missing legs of soldiers
crippled in combat?

Wild dogs of Baghdad eat medical waste
flowing like a mecca’s honey
from wounds of dehumanized Christs
retching over student remains
car-bombed on a winter’s day ...
Then asphodels wilt on scarified brows
for apes to mimick the descent of Man.

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