Part of Me Died

The part that is envious, cold-hearted devious

Greedy, mischievous, global, colonial

Bloodthirsty, blind, mindless and cheap

Focused on borders and slaughter and sheep

Burning of books, bulldozing of homes

Giving to targeted killing with drones

Lethal injections, arrest without trial

Monocular vision, gangrene and slime, unction, sarcasm

Common assault, self-satisfied heroic killers lifted on high

Piracy, avarice, acid attacks, on women by bullies

And perverts and hacks

The rigging of ballots, and the buying of power

Lies from the pulpit, rape in the shower

Mute, indifferent, feeling no shame

Portly, important, leering, deranged

Sat in the corner watching TV

Deaf to the cries to the children in pain

Dead to the world, just watching the game

Watching endless repeats out of sight out of mind

Silence, indifference, the ultimate crime

But when I met you, that part of me died

Bring me a bowl, to bathe her feet in

Bring me my final cigarette

It would be better by far to die in her arms

Than to linger

In a lifetime of regret