if it is true the war demons are loose in Ukraine
and Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and South Sudan
and Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and South Sudan
(the list is longer) you'd think they'd be glutted
with souls
if there were death gods, you'd think they'd be groaning
with the tribute paid them in panic and anguish (but also)
in quiet deliberations in the hallowed halls
of justice (so called)
but there, where the battle for the lives of the not-yet-seen
(who haven't even emerged for the delectation of death eaters)
is taking place, we come face to face (with the brightness
of certain mirrors and missiles)
with only ourselves who crave all this death
