The griddle of truth is heating up now
The whine of a high speed drill
Blindfolded eyes
Opening
Shackled arms folded in a coffin Alive or dead
Black Latina Arab Yemeni Somali Afghani Palestinian Iraqi Pakistani
Lives matter Lives matter
Poland my motherland just one of dozens of countries Guilty
of hosting and performing torture
An Awful Ballet
written by two US psychologists who were paid $81 million
for their Ballet of Pain Boasting about making $1000 a day
On the world stage Now
We demand the Rule of Law
for All
US War criminals
Americans high on medieval torture
CI A diplomats military elite cabinet appointees POTUS
Death to the Euphemism
enhanced interrogation techniques rectal feeding black sites
Strawberry Fields
The names We have the names
George Bush Dick Cheney John Ashcroft Alberto Gonzales
Christina Pacosz’ poetry/writing has appeared in literary magazines and online journals for almost half a century. A poet-in-the-schools and a North Carolina Visiting Artist, she has published several books of poetry, including Greatest Hits, 1975-2001, Pudding House, 2002, a by-invitation-only series. Her chapbook, Notes from the Red Zone, originally published by Seal Press in 1983, was selected as the inaugural winner of the ReBound Series by Seven Kitchens Press in 2009.