Civilization
reading today about
Guatemala I am reminded
how we who call ourselves
civilized wear blinders
to the red core of
our violent world
in civil wars especially
where bodies are
hacked dismembered
women raped
babies crushed
their brains splattered
against wall and tree
the natural order of death
we prefer to pretend
such things never happen
how much easier to drop
bombs from great heights
where victims are too
small to reveal suffering
than to lift a crying
baby in your hand and
swing its small head
against the nearest
fruit tree
--Charles Deemer
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