worldwide protests
"Woe unto the world because of offenses;
for it must needs be that offenses come,
but woe to that man by whom
the offense cometh." (Pres. Abe Lincoln)


and the bombs fell anyway
on everyone everywhere

caught in the crosshairs
of righteousness, suffering

aggression's pall; in the ruins
of peace prevented, diplomacy

left us to absorb
the callousness evil

perpetrated in the name
of freedom. everyone everywhere

watched in shock and awe as
impervious arrogance of power

made truth lie and
brought offences piously