by Mark Danowsky
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| by Andrew Shu |
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
- Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead)
a story about an eagle
saving a baby hawk
instead of devouring
an eagle
the symbol of America
making a surprising choice
a moment of silence now
for humanity
who often shows no mercy
here comes the blood
sacrifices of scapegoats
who cry out the injustice
the weight of voices in pain
screams must echo
there is no way to ignore this
Mark Danowsky is Editor-in-Chief of ONE ART: a journal of poetry. He is the author of As Falls Trees (NightBallet Press) and JAWN (Moonstone Press). A short collection Violet Flame is forthcoming from tiny wren lit.