Well, here he is, neatly
packaged in his small
box, ready for the Xmas
market, the all-new
George W. Bush talking…

I am deeply
sickened by those images
now emanating from
your conquered Falluja:
the torture cells, the blood…

I have seen them in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
I have seen them in London, Paris, Rome.
I have seen them on the streets of New York City,

in the parks, in the subways…

They stand there, gazing
out at us balefully, from behind
their enclosure of wooden struts
and chicken wire, bound and gagged
by the ties that hold them carefully…

Let us not pray,
since prayer offers us
the comfortable exculpation
of piety. Let us not say, once again,
Never again: we have shown ourselves…