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Gross
by stacey Saturday, Jan 24 2015, 9:24am
international / poetry / post

interesting word
like a line that clangs
or a phrase that subverts
‘nice’ civilised slogans
like, “follow your heart”

why the fuck follow
a mindless organ
when there are other
more enjoyable
mindless organs to choose from
like,
follow your mindless cock or cunt
but its a circular pursuit
as it always leads u back
to where u started

so what’s really gross?
is it that the world’s
leading civilian killing nation
accuses others of terrorism
when its killing record is horrific
and without peer,
killing half a million
children under 10 was, “worth it,"
remember?

that is obscene
but who is guilty of the obscenity?
is it the masses that accept
such flagrant crimes passively
and refuse steadfastly to address
the direction their leaders
are taking them?

not really
the duping of an entire nation
using the same old tired media tricks
and staged events
is definitely gross and thick
and to think how respected French
academics were

the media screams and saturates
the airwaves with herrings
and lies prior to an illegal invasion

the US invades weaker nations
assassinates legitimate leaders
installs puppet regimes and plunders
everything of value
leaving ruin in its wake

where is the media coverage once the US
has taken a target nation
and left chaos, mayhem
and permanent destabilisation?
predictably silent!

what is gross?
the fact that the US lies, no!
it's the same shame as France

it is duped, mindless
citizens that are at fault --
it's the vacuum
between the ears of the
moronic masses
that is 'gross,'
but i’m not a literalist,
i’m a poet
the farthest thing
from gross imaginable