Terrorism, Nazism, Fundamentalism <br />all fueled by literalism. <br />The cockroach must be ground underfoot <br />there is no need for remorse <br />because all that has been killed <br />is a cockroach, after all. <br /> <br />The poet uses metaphor <br />to give space for otherness, <br />so the cockroach of the poet <br />is beyond cockroach - <br />it is father, son, lover, <br />doctor, teacher, factory worker. <br />If you kill this cockroach <br />you will feel remorse.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poets-for-peace/
