in re the report that GI deaths in iraq now exceed 9/11 deaths, here's some verse from the year of aggression:

BIG STICK
BIG MOUTH

u publicly display religion
but shun path o righteousness

u claim traditional values
yet bend truth n bind justice

u use calm reason
2 justify mayhem

u call urself compassionate
n prepare 2 slaughter children

th@ what ur favorite
philosopher wd do?

congress gave u discretion 4 war
but u speak n act w/o discretion

tell me who's accountable
if 1000s die
but u still find no proof?
or ur crusade
leads 2 armageddon?

ur apologists say
protest foe's atrocities
not ur war

but foe don't lead us
nor claim 2 represent us
nor act in our name

u do

2/23/03

BALANCE OF POWER

jus tel me
when we'll get
ded even

u kno
how many died
9/11

in iraq
AP counted
3200 non-fighters ded

but
nudda cupla hunerd ours
died killin dem

so
if d@ ain' nuf
wha is?

level medium-size city?
or will 5 to one do?

9/15/03

DAVY'S MOTTO

as a kid
i hrd on tv:
"b sure u'r right
then go ahed"
n crockett died
followin d@ rule
—unless
o course
might don' make right
n takin texas
fro mexico
not such gr8 idea
after all

9/21/03

PLAIN OL' GEOMETRY

f u hav a shotgun
n a bully threatens
2 break down ur door
f u don' giv 'im d gun
wha u gon' do?
deny u hav it?
bury it in yard?
ask neighbor 2 hide it?

course not

u tell 'im
f 'e comes in
'e gets both barrels
in 'is face


some say too few dots...
some say too many...

led nowhere either way...

but some folk look at clouds
see elephants...giraffes...

why not see
wmd...?


wd saddam keep
wmd
secret?

a secret
no deterrent


now...
u may ask
how i knew
no proof
o gas or germ or nuke...

answer simple...

they kept sayin
connect dots...

so i did...

12/5/03

OFF 2 C D WIZ

u kno
when u tell
big lie
u take risk
somebdy might look
bhind curtain

12/5/03

COMMON GROUND

we call it earth

we can share it
or
kill each other off

your choice

12/29/03