'Ego's Will'...A perception of Man's inhumanity to Man. Penned late evening 12 March 2003, just prior to 20 March 2003 Iraq invasion by U S Forces. <br />* <br />* <br />Not..in my name <br />Shall ego's will <br />That obscene thrill to kill <br /> <br />Our hapless youths <br />..And others <br />Much too young <br />To buy....one last drink <br />At the brink..of..annihilation <br /> <br />Not...in my name <br />Shall ego's will <br />That obscene thrill to kill <br /> <br />....And maim... <br /> <br />Yet claim 'that maim' Salvation's maim <br />And...therefore...decidedly not the same <br />....But..democratically different <br /> <br />Not...in my name <br />Shall ego's will <br />That obscene thrill to kill <br /> <br />....Assassinate... <br /> <br />A sovereign nation's head of state <br />...Confiscate its resources <br />Desecrate..its land... <br />..And decimate....Its people <br /> <br />My country's shame <br />...Not...in my name <br />* <br />* <br />'No man is an island...any man's death diminishes me...never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.' John Donne (1572-1631)<br /><br />James B. Earley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ego-s-will/
