[nukkad] Poem: Justice?

[Harshal Chhaya <>]

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Justice 
Some thoughts, this second week of our trials and tribulations. 

'I want justice' - George W. Bush, Sep 17, 2001 (cnn.com) 

"I say, bomb the hell out of them. If there's collateral damage, so be it. 
They certainly found our civilians to be expendable." - Sen. Zell Miller, 
D-Ga. - Sep 13, 2001 

Justice? 

I. 
An attack on civilization 
and our freedom - innocence 
and naivete dead - so in this new 
world where 'the rules have changed', 
will bombs now do the job, salvage 
humanity ..and revenge wash away 
the screams of the dieing? 

The darkness we seek elsewhere 
is often within ourselves. 


II.
Morbid fascination that makes 
the media show us the same clip 
over and over again? 


III.
Even as the clouds of dusk and smoke 
settle - we declare in unison: 
"We are the masters of war 
- our war machines revved up 
in unity" - the rhetoric loud 
and clear, the depths of our 
umbrage and pain clouding 
our senses. 

Will we be able to see 
clearly again? 


IV.
Howard Zinn writes, "Not violence, 
but healing, not vengeance 
but compassion". Guess it only applies 
to the doctors, fire-fighters, policemen, 
and words on a poetry board. Real life 
plays itself out through rhetoric. 

Retaliation, Revenge, Resentment 
the three R's for the day. 


V.
Parting thought for the day - 

War and terrorism .. two sides 
of the same coin? 



Sanjeev Naik September 17, 2001 


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