GI Joe Goes to Baghdad
by Mickey Z.
www.dissidentvoice.org
December 17, 2005



 

Bullet enters just above the
right eye
Neat dark hole

Out the back of his head blows the lies
The promises. . . broken
The myths. . . embedded

Sprayed out like red foam
come the TV images
Stolen words
Hijacked ideas
False pride

Splattered on his buddy’s shirt:
manufactured memories
values instilled by repetition
opinions bleached white

He bought into it
a sales pitch so lethal
it should carry a warning. . .
like cigarettes
 

Mickey Z. can be found on the Web at: www.mickeyz.net. His latest book is 50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism (Disinformation Books, 2005). 

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