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The Name for It |
In the middle is where,
in the Wall Street Journal's story
I found it.
For a soldier to tell
of his personal harrowing
over watching his wages of warring,
shooting the dying enemy's head
twice
to ensure his death
watching his brains pop out
oozing red regrets over the enemy's liberated soil
and his leader talking of
the way to be sure:
rifle butt the enemy soldier's eye. Hard.
In case he's lying
about dying
see if the face contracts from the pain
part of the training
the name for it:
eye thumping.
Who knew what they called it
in Geneva's Convention?
copyright 2003
Mani
Suri |
