Concealed in pitch-black, the police and armed forces run over life all through the countryside, on the blue roads through the tunnels of the leafy trees planted on both sides,
We say “never again” a lot in the United States, Never again this— And never again that—
Never again to famine, to slavery, to lunacy, to psychosis, this goes for men, women, children, dogs, rats, chickens germs, specks, atoms, atom bombs,
No to sheer starvation, no to the stunted growth of the mind, No to the malformed, the malnourish, and the misinformed,
No to robots, to non-individuals, no to SUV’s, no to cars, no to walking, no to a non-sectarian life, no, no, no …
Down below the satellites you can see the barren fields, all across North Korea a gray, bellowing sky,
Satan is asleep in the clouds like it is always nighttime, children born in a heap of barbed wire, barbed wire for breakfast, barbed wire for lunch, barbed wire for blankets, barbed wire for death, barbed wire wrapped around everyone 24/7,
All their lives these thoughts are in their heads:
the Chinese border, beautiful Japan, the Pacific Ocean, the blackness of North Korea from outer space at night, every country looking down on Kim Jong-il, but no one
saying anything: Iraq Iran Sudan Bosnia
Rwanda China
Germany Russia Spain
Portugal Turkey France Great Britain
Some other place
People Ideas Freedom Peace Love Hate
The entire world someone else
The United States
You and I.
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