Saturday, March 29, 2008

DIGESTIBLE CONSUMPTION

by Spiel


just another bombing day
where dozens bleed and die

but this time enacted with images
exactly like a video game

each side so precisely defined
not even sand nor heat comes into play

heaven forbid we might unsanitarily
have to mix our macaroni with our cheese

as our t.v.s consume a few more hundreds of pounds
of willing meat dumped over to some fool’s game

and god help us all that we should ever have to see
our butchered go down then flown home

beneath a flag-draped box
where our joystick

just might be
more lethal than a toy


The Poet Spiel is a tight-wired author painting naked portraits of humankind, thin-layering its hirsute beastiness and, on rare occasion, revealing its humanity. His most recent chap, "come here cowboy: poems of war," is available from www.puddinghouse.com. For more SpielSpeak and other Spiel Info, go to his website.
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