Tuesday, March 25, 2014

An Enemy Within – v2

stalemate of rebellion
unfinished sanctions
the Madman remaining in power
at the cost of so much
guns of anger poised
dogs of war loosed
an enemy within
whatever the outcome

So much lost
so many martyrs
because of the desire
of the people to be free
the Madman in the  bunker
the bombs falling
while the media spewed his lies
his invectives, his bile

Factions forming
before the war is over
needing greater closure
before the next toll
the tally of the dead
the cost of no conclusion
playing into the hands
of those who sow dissension.


edited March 25, 2014
An Enemy Within – v2
July 30, 2011
An Enemy Within
Killing of General Abdel Fattah Younes
claimed to be by Islamic factions
but that could be more Qaddafi lies
&
earlier poems about the genocide in Libya
and hearing the rabbling of Gadhafi
2/22/2011
&
on the transformations since the beginning of January -
all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya,
Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.
and
especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February 11, 2011
&
and the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February 18, 2011
&
hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
in a news conference that when history books tell it
we will be seen as being on the right side of history
in how the United States responded
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”
February 14, 2011
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
 “This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.
February 13, 2011
and see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February 3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua

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