{"id":5319,"date":"2024-02-27T14:53:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:53:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:53:58","slug":"poem-dis-quieting-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/27\/poem-dis-quieting-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Dis Quieting Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talking about US complicit in genocide may be uncomfortable, even a bit traumatic. Still, such discussions have miniscule chances of approximating the horrors of genocide itself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Dis Quieting Genocide<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was a bad day for propriety<br \/>\nA revolting day for impropriety<br \/>\nAnd what is questionable<br \/>\nIn such alleged riotousness<br \/>\nAt the OK quarrel<br \/>\nPerhaps a little<br \/>\nA loud<br \/>\nAs a privilege to a void<br \/>\nAnd what to call the question<br \/>\nWhat is peace?!<br \/>\nSored<br \/>\nTorn as under<br \/>\nA neighbor&#8217;s thumb<br \/>\nOn the scale<br \/>\nOf just US<br \/>\nAnd what is<br \/>\nFar off<br \/>\nFar beyond<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s left<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s right<br \/>\nWhat remains<br \/>\nWhat upright<br \/>\nAs if the dead dare speak<br \/>\nOf helled harmless<br \/>\nAs the wrest of US<br \/>\nPerhaps never quiet knowing<br \/>\nWhat is it that<br \/>\nStill &#8217;em bodies<br \/>\nGood trouble?<br \/>\nNecessary evil?<br \/>\nCulling out<br \/>\nCries of &#8220;Ceasefire!&#8221;<br \/>\nA grieving<br \/>\nSuch death and deconstruction<br \/>\nPerhaps the soul thing we no<br \/>\nThe most grave<br \/>\nSilence<br \/>\nWear no means<br \/>\nNo<br \/>\nHour greatest faux<br \/>\nNeutrality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking about US complicit in genocide may be uncomfortable, even a bit traumatic. 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