rinse repeat

Acid eats away at skin slower

Than you at me

The burn is consistent, low

Frequency

Missiles are firing off in Israel

Faster than your

Faults can be absolved, 

jealousy circumvents relief

everything sour seems to do with belief.

Trace amounts of uranium were found

Not enough to amount to much

But I'm sure the president's hands are still

Sore to touch

I wring mine raw in the evening

For you to say its fair

Five minutes later the news has come

And then it isn't there

For a moment god was everyone's

But no one seemed to care

Religion war jealousy and love are words

For a minute everyone forgot which ghost they serve.

I cannot define my doubt in you and

We cannot defend our methods of compromise or defeat

so the scent of blood rises as it dries in rancid heat

Two lovers jab at their eyes

One hundred thousand faithful men take each other’s lives

And if that's good enough for God, the Government and them

meet at the break of dawn

sometimes love seems like a curtain

Half drawn

Or war that most of the world doesn't understand

because they change the channel

while we wring our hands.

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[Gerald Parker]

Good to see you posting again. I'm sure I posted a comment on this. I'm sure it was meant to be complimentary. Did you delete it? If it I said the wrong thing, I apologise. Do write back. Remember I was in awe of some of your earlier pieces. G