Andrew Delapruch Poet Free verse

10 Years Later: Part I

everyone in the world with a pulse knows that it has been
10 years now,
since the big bully of the world 
was punched in the stomach---
this was of course a solid punch,
one whose clenched fist of anger had a definitive purpose---
it hit us on “our” land
(land stolen through genocide, whose industry was built through slavery)
it rang true to even the most ignorant
forcing them to ask themselves
“why do they hate us?”
yes, this punch was heard round the world
because for some reason the empire was 
believed to be
invincible.

all the while it was beating on those around it
the policeman marched throughout 
wielding its heavy baton upon the heads of those that would not do what they were told
beating them into submission
dropping bombs on countries that could not of possibly ever have been a threat
to the way of life 
promulgated by the most selfish people on the planet---
us americans,
who demand 85%+ of the natural resources on this planet
to be used within our borders.

so what has been accomplished,
as a result of the onslaught returned by the empire to the voices of the world 
it disagrees with?

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