George Held
(USA)
Kill
Thou shalt not kill today
has the power of ho-hum
The new Sixth Commandment
is Kill! – in the name
of the faith, the nation,
the race, the whim
Kill till you feel pure,
purged, ennobled
Take to the streets
with white banners splashed
with blood-red “KILL!”
blaring from them
Kill every spectator
whose looks enrage you,
kill till you feel pure,
purged, ennobled
Kill in the name
of the faith, the race,
the nation, the whim,
and then kill some more
The God should…
open a Twitter account,
redistribute health worldwide,
uproot war and plant peace –
close His Twitter account . . .
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George Held writes from New York. Among his recent books are After Shakespeare: New & Selected Sonnets (Cervená Barva Press, 2011) and Culling: New & Selected Nature Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2014).