Penillion Against Bombing

This percussion’s

Desolation —

By one remove

The killing trove.

In claw & tooth,

Jackal, deer, North-

ern bald ibis —

Total eclipse —

Apocalypse

That you will strip

To bare bare bones —

Beast and human,

No virtual

Play, visual

On your smart phone —

Curtailed lifespan.

What’s endangered?

Truth embodied —

Temminck’s horned lark,

Flamingo’s spark?

Life’s decoding

An imploding —

Plotless story,

Praise the glory?

They block the sun

With their mission —

They send dark birds

And deadly words —

To make ruins,

Desolation —

What’s not destroyed

Will be destroyed.

This death sentence

Kills innocence

Which also dwells

Amidst the kills.

Collateral.

Funereal.

A prayer is prayer

Anywhere. Here

Or there a blitz

Makes resistance.

What’s not destroyed

Will be destroyed.

            John Kinsella