A New Holy Grail
KIRK LUMPKIN 16aug04
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Where deadlines disappear in desert sands Our government poses as heroic modern knight with a fearsome armor of interlinking technologies; an armor far less clanking than in days of old— an armor not worn so close to the body. And jousting with missiles doesn't yield the death of a lone champion, but wreaks a mindless biocide, a total devastation. And thus we launched a modern crusade back into the Middle East. And though chivalry is never mentioned other noble words are often mouthed. And the newly holy grail is a barrel when filled with the sacrament is believed to endow its consumers with the powers of a God. And the new sacrament is a cocktail made of oil, that promptly turns to blood. |
Kirk Lumpkin is a poet extraordinaire living in the San
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