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Abu Ghraib in the U.S.A.

Peter Magliocco

I see what your mind in purgatory forgets
when lush vegetations darkly enfold us
in leafy shelter where something waits
to brand our flesh with hot irons
preparing our asses for old slaughterhouses
erected by the U.S. military from Iraq
to quarantine those lying on tax forms
like your sweet sister in chains now
or your lover’s vagina implanted
by electrical devices shorting-out
for fast food victims nationwide
in beautiful chain stores like Abu 7-11
where cult film sadists buy plasma
chilled with processed prisoner guts
advertised as this week’s best buy
no one goes hungry but naked losers
at the wrong end of the food chain

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