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Oh, fear and fright
That's part of life
Brought about
Through left and right
People who claim
Visionary sight
That causes much
Loss of so much life
And the rumble of tanks
Rolling on
And the blasts
From various explosions
Aren't heard
In the corridors of power
Those in control need not fear
The doomsday hour
No fear of hearing planes overhead
Symbols of impending death
Leaving women and children
Gasping their last breath
Made from biological dread
Chemical warfare
Does not exist
Except in places such as this
Where life is void and life is cheap
Death always stalks the street
And leaves trails of blood
Among the rubble
Systematic of a nations struggle
Bombed virtually into non existence
Left behind poverty stricken and defenceless
Once a thriving striving land
Now destroyed by its fellow man.
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The astute and the dumb are
found on this road we traverse;
the one with goals to set, the other
with no character, interest or talent...
can both coexsist and not clash?
Which one of these two individuals
can survive a biological warfare
without discipline and knowledge?
Most certainly, the one has studied
the activities of the superior minds
that somehow seem invincible to
whatever they encounter on the
battlefield or in the menacing air.
This is not a war between two
mythical gods, Jupiter and Saturn;
who took the side of the courageous
Titans? Today, nobody is immune to
such an Apocalypse event, it may partly
or entirely destroy our unique planet
on any erratic, or maddened moment.
Let the mindful guide the careless
and diverge them from their dramatic fate.
If History is a testament of lies and truth,
can it be meditated by some who are
about to repeat the mistakes of the fools?
The astute will prevail in any given
circumstance, the dumb will be subdued
for his ignorance and imprudence.
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Saša Milivojev
THE PUNISHMENT
(On the consequences of biological warfare and experimentation on humans. Disturbing images in verse)
What is the world breathing in?
We are perishing,
Dirty rains are falling,
Poisons and genes,
Rodents and savages,
The tailed and the horned.
These are not the bacteria nor the viruses
nor the “Conspiracy Theories”,
But Satan’s blood thirsty savages,
Monstrosities from the laboratories.
With a head of the child
and a body of a snake
He is mourned by his mother,
He doesn’t even resemble the old man
- the horned goat - his father.
Millions of ex-people
witlessly meandering the planet,
on all fours! Invertedly.
At times someone even flies,
reversedly.
Jumping locusts,
We’re becoming crickets,
Rodents and cripples,
Vaccinated monkeys,
hair-covered in the scorched rainforests.
Babies are no longer crying,
Only frogs can be heard croaking!
How wicked have we become,
We are the monstrosities,
In the fires of Hell
on roasts we shall turn,
Extinguishing with our tears
and our blood the flames
that forever will burn.
Is this the end?
- It’s not the end.
The end with the punishment
will not come to an end.
Translated by Ljubica Yentl Tinska
www.sasamilivojev.com
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Wherever I stand,
It will be my holy land!
Wherever I stand,
It will be my holy land,
Listen to what I say,
And read my lips Friend!
The world has dramatically changed,
And became difficult to re-fix or amend!
The world of double B, Bush and Blair,
The just, the right became wrong and unfair,
But who would question it now or care?
This reminds of the first boar,
Their entire war machine,
And camel's shit and sand,
For what?
For a Bedouin, who can neither read?
Nor understand,
The ethos of civilised manners,
Of what was once the Arabian nights' land?
Now, if you are referring to tyranny,
I can feed you with a torrent of tyrants,
In the age of globalised plenty,
These are many here and there starting from you,
From where it all began,
From where you are now dictating and
From where you right now stand!
Uncle Sam made a partnership pact with Arabian Sheikhs,
And suddenly these unholy duos call each other ally and friend!
If you are after a might destruction,
Here you have Iraq, Libya,
And now Syria and Yemen,
Difficult to re-fix, or to amend,
And Afghanistan long before them,
Suffered, fell down to its knees and
Sunk into the bloody sand!
My brothers are not biological anymore,
My brothers are not genuine like before,
My true brothers are now those who stand
By me, firm and denounce, protest,
And shout hands in hand!
For peace, justice solidarity that may blend,
Into one world motto and convey the message
The mighty message, to the tribesmen,
The villager, the perceived enemy
And the friend!
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The process is easy, theory simple, action not complex at all
You tense a muscle, physics follows law and chemistry combines
The reality, as so often, is different
Your eyes blink in salt, your heart pounds, your lungs heave
Seems the biological part of the equation also causes a problem
Add to the mix neurology, you question, try logic, illogical, emotions like fear, panic, anger, rage
What then?
Of course, you have an inbuilt rail, training, purpose, objectives
In our lives, no matter the work, life, existence
We could apply the physics, biology and neurology, it fits, we could say it is our job, nothing more
My problem was that my tool of trade was not a pen or brush, a drill or keyboard
The thin steel curve of metal that my finger rested on still did its intended work
As I held my breath, steadied my heart, cleared my eyes, pulled the trigger, did the job
And let the physics and chemistry do theirs
As to the neurology? It remains for life
So, it is easy to remark that that’s what it was
Just another variation of work, that it has a value, it gives you purpose, defines what and who you are
Puts you in a box, adds a label so others can see
For me, it is such a complex list, a dynamic range, not easy
How we justify, rationalise, objectify, no matter what we do isn’t an easy path
If you drive a bus, clean a street, live your life at a desk, all are valued, all have their moments
No matter how I rationalise it all, I have to be completely honest here
I really do prefer the simple view
Jan 2022
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