Sixes and Sevens
By Rajani Kanth
Aria
Today:
They bomb.
Iraq
Afghanistan
Yemen
Somalia
Mali
Niger
Sudan
Libya
Syria
Gaza.
Yesterday:
They murdered.
in Africa
in Asia
in the Americas
in Oceania
‘Twas
The Sixth Extinction:
a Seventh yet
to come:
here’s to
a yo ho ho –
and a bottle
of rum:
Tomorrow?
They will kill, again.
So many Peoples,
Still remain.
*
Chorus
Riding high
In Entropy:
Reeking of
Misanthropy:
Rolling in
Hypocrisy –
All too plain
To see
Shall be no more
Rise and Fall
For They Plan,
To kill Us All
Can you hear the
Angels call?
It’s Omnicide
They swear
To bring
when
they form
that deadly
ring
around you,
me, and
everything:
As they drill,
march,
And lusty sing:
Of wanton
slaughter
On the wing
Unsmiling Ravagers
From Hell –
Plim with Pretexts
They know so well
Acting out some Orphic
Spell
Making Delphic
Passions swell
Ain’t time left
To show and tell
O come Heed
the Antic Knell –
One Last Time,
That blighted Bell –
One Last Time!
Ding, Dong, Bell
[©R.Kanth 2018]
Professor Rajani Kanth is the Author of Coda, and Expiations, and
Trustee; World Peace Congress
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