James B. Earley - Ego's Will

'Ego's Will'...A perception of Man's inhumanity to Man. Penned late evening 12 March 2003, just prior to 20 March 2003 Iraq invasion by U S Forces.
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Not..in my name
Shall ego's will
That obscene thrill to kill

Our hapless youths
..And others
Much too young
To buy....one last drink
At the brink..of..annihilation

Not...in my name
Shall ego's will
That obscene thrill to kill

....And maim...

Yet claim 'that maim' Salvation's maim
And...therefore...decidedly not the same
....But..democratically different

Not...in my name
Shall ego's will
That obscene thrill to kill

....Assassinate...

A sovereign nation's head of state
...Confiscate its resources
Desecrate..its land...
..And decimate....Its people

My country's shame
...Not...in my name
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'No man is an island...any man's death diminishes me...never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.' John Donne (1572-1631)

James B. Earley

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