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Wednesday, September 08, 2004

posted by gbarto at 5:49 PM:

b-ismi Allahi ar-rahmani ar-rahiimi?

Thirsty, the child had stood and he had asked
If he might be allowed a glass of water
His thirst was slaked not by some cooling liquid
But by a bayonet which ended all his want
And in the name of Allah it was called good.

See him now, eyes still full of terror
His mouth is open, his lips are dry and cracked
He lies upon the floor, gazing heavenward
But if his eyes still had their sight
They would only find the roof of a gymnasium
And in the name of Allah it has been called good.

The men gaze down at the lifeless monkey
Some call it a child but they are wiser
This creature knew not the one true God
But now it is sacrificed to the one true God
And in the name of Allah it has been called good.

The little girl runs, curls flying behind her
Fear moves her left side, hope her right
And a hail of bullets drives her down
Before she can move from captivity to freedom
And in the name of Allah it has been called good.

See her now, eyes still full of terror
Her mouth is open, she seems still to be panting
She lies upon the ground, her face turned toward the earth
But though she clings to the earth
The land of the living is falling away from her
And in the name of Allah it has been called good.

The men gaze down at the lifeless monkey
Some call it a child but they are wiser
This creature knew not their one true God
But now they have sacrificed her to their one true God
And joining her in death in the name of Allah they call it good.

The stockbroker catches fire and is turned to ashes
As the plane flies through him and all his fellows
A young mother leaps to her death from the tower
And another is crushed as the tower itself falls
And in the name of Allah it has been called good.

They call their God the Merciful, the Compassionate,
They murder mothers, fathers and children in His name,
Will they know the wrath of Allah? His justice? or His mercy?
For the unholy acts which they still proclaim
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Inspired (for better or worse) by Memories of the Night of the Fourth, by Victor Hugo

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