Lilies in Spring

Before their bursting,

the lily clusters begin as

grasshopper-like pods.

As their yellow springs,

they’re joined by a bounding friend.

Blending in, then gone again.

Hasan

(5 November 2009, Fort Hood)

One man's fractured rationality

is not so simple as a 'horrific outburst of violence.'

Tell me which is the greater evil in this fucked up reality.

One man's fractured rationality

or its chaotic, macabre, bleeding finality?

Is unjust war worth this consequence?

One man's fractured rationality

is not so simple as a 'horrific outburst of violence.'