by Michelle Marie
there was a rallying bray
i am charlie of hebdo !
precious defiant minstrel show !
spirit grew robust
wings light pen impaled
rose with a gust
on which liberté sailed
but grief is a moment
in that series to say
of violence that went
the other ruthless way:
algérie, irak, syrie
a flood of violence
silting the hills with righteous license
imagination of power
who fits in a world always ours more
lives drawn'n ink sour
by martyrs right to offend, therefore
not obliged am i
to repeat the offender's cry
Michelle Marie has written for Infita7 and Bluestockings Magazine.
