ISN’T IT FUNNY?

Isn’t it funny

that those Iraqis

are the ones appointed

to sacrifice themselves

to reveal us to ourselves?

Isn’t it contrary

that terrorists

are called to blood sacrifice

to pierce our armor

of self-command?

Isn’t it growing clearer

that that enemy

is someone that she loved,

that that casualty

is someone that she nursed,

that that liberated civilian

is ourself –

our false self

lying there – liberated

from this body of death called war?

4-9-03 pcraig

TIME ASKS


What Will It Take To Win?

There is no “win”.

Murder is murder.

Tit for tat, rage for rage,
falling body for falling body

Cain with a rock.

Mohammed with a plane.

Tommy with a helicopter.

Same old mind-set

Even with night goggles they do not see.

Good intentions are blown to bits by wrong methods.

The ends are not justified.

Only Christ justifies.

You think you hear machine gun fire?

No. That is the devil’s laughter.


4-1-03 pcraig