ModPo

Let Us Name The Dead I have walked among the dead My eyes shut We are the dead Let us name the dead They are you and I 2537 dead Trust us! These are bad guys we are killing! Only militants No combatants No collateral damage Let us name the dead Sakina, Bano, Amjad, Gul Mohammad... These deaths will haunt us As long as we live No boots on the ground No tanks, no seals Only hawks raining fire No humans, just robots Let us name the dead Zainab Bibi, Fatima, Imran, Fazal Jan... Single strikes are obsolete Doubles are all the rage Just to make sure, you see. How pathetic, they congregate For rescue and mourning! Strike again! Just to make sure Let us name the dead Baby Noor, Faiza, Ayesha, Afzal Khan... Reaper Drones We weep when we sow The grimmest reaper. Surgically precise And an effective tool. This is a false narrative! Let us name the dead Ayub, Khadija, Ejaz, Dilawer, Zarina... I have walked among the dead My eyes shut We are the dead Let us name the dead They are you and I ©2014 Jan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHG60P2ECNk "...My hope is that the great poets that have existed in America will find their voice in a collective way and that we will be able to rescue all of the lost and the obscure, the willfully hidden poets in Poetry....the powers that be hide that literature which speaks against their rule, and they have done that since the beginning of time, and they will do that as long as they can, they will do that until, finally, we are in charge, the people are in charge of what needs to be published..."

Rest in peace, Amiri Baraka