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Tackling Terror:

Two branches of the same one religion
Fighting interpretation of edict
Modern weapons aiding old rebellion
Civilians caught in crosshairs of conflict

Missile streaking towards intended spot
More than ten “terrorists” killed in attack
Survivors shrieking for the dead and not
Able to grasp classmates will not be back

Old News.

Why do i always have to see something obnoxious

When I turn on the television to watch the news?

It's like if something isn't ghoulish or macabre it won't make the news,

And why is Africa still presented as a dark continent

When the light of civilization first shone in Egypt?

Oh I forgot the Egyptians are emigrant Arabs so they're not really African,

Look how they portray us as a bunch of barbarians and savages,

This stereotype has been in place since time immemorial throughout all the ages,

Reaction Reminder

Nothing can be done due to the nexus
Responding after criminal transgress
Aware of all the underhandedness
Tossing out their response and other mess

Did they forget about vocal witness?
Expecting pardon for actions ruthless?
Adherents of an ethos pitiless
Can never expect any forgiveness

Why Did I Love You?... [August contest]

I'll never forget the why of why I loved you
You took me places I'd never been before
And brought me many admiring glances
Whenever we appeared together

I was entranced by your low, throaty voice
We moved together so well
I felt like a king astride your beautiful body
I felt like I could fly

Yes, there were bumps in the road
When we broke down and had our differences
I cried like a baby, with frustration
“Let's please start again?”

Earth Overshoot Day (EOD)

(End of Days (EOD)) ?

 

August 1st is the Earth Overshoot Day

By when we have consumed more resources

Than Earth can regenerate in its way

More the reason to restrain impulses

 

Population explosion paramount

Monogamy and not polygamy

Two children limit by any account

No special interest cockamamie

 

Reduce, recycle, reuse calling card

Water harvesting and conservation

Hydro, wind, solar power the standard

Eco-friendly natural construction

 

In Search Of

In search of love, I'll go out on a limb. In search of friendship, I'll search until time ends. Where there's love that's where I'll be wrapped within it's mystic clouds of happiness so protectively. True love and friendship derives from deep within oneself, so once found, gladly share them with someone else. for all things come freely from the heavenly father above remember this as you go along your journey for whatever you are in search of.

HOW I FORGOT TO DIE

Yesterday night
I took my kayak for a ride.
The plan was to quietly die
while watching the rising moon.
I left pretty late.
The last sunbeams stumbled
upon the black of the lake
and fell apart
into a thousand bright
and broken lines of red copper.

I was soundless,
passing an ancient bronze of drift wood,
feeling the silk of weightless water,
I almost did not move.
But I pissed off a beaver.
Its angry tail flapping
was loud and clear.

Chinese Ri{c/s}e:

Chinese fried rice popular in the West
Family generations will attest
But rise of China meets with a protest
An event the West would like to arrest

As Boxer Rebellion Britain vanquished
Middle Kingdom’s ascent was diverted
Now, China’s dominance will not be squished
Chinese prominence will not be thwarted

Public Phases:

Cricketing Icon
Elections in Pakistan
Prime Minister Khan

Rogue State

What constitutes certified rogue nation?
When criminal leaders commit murder
Without any fear of repercussion
Tar victims as threats to social order

The judicial system will not assist
As subservient serfs dismiss what’s fact
When the victims’ kin in their claims persist
Servile stooges react as per their pact

However despite all their state power
The time of reckoning is drawing near
As victims’ kin bask in their winning hour
And the criminals face justice and fear

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