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Water-Boarding
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OH - to be sure - this one will get me in Trouble.
Uncle Sam may Burst my Bubble!
Patriotism requires Boldness -
To Counteract government's Coldness!



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Water-Boarding

© - Tom Hyland - 06-17-08


Had an Idea - Here it Is -
What If - We Did THIS?
Bush - Cheney - Rumsfeld - Rowe
Each get Boarded - Very, Very Slow!


Are we in Abu Ghraib - or Just Gitmo?
Turn on the Water - Let it Flow!
The Place of Interrogation Doesn’t Matter -
Are you Cold? Teeth a-Chatter?


Tell us Now - What is the Truth?
Do you Think - This Uncouth?
Dribble - Dribble - Drip -Drip -
Will your Answer Be So Flip?


We’ll not Charge you with a Crime -
If you Confess - Just in Time!
Otherwise, we’ll Dunk your Head,
How Long Can you Stand it - or Be Dead?


Is this Torture - or is it Not?
Did you Lie - then get Caught?
One - Two - Three - Dunk!
Are you Really a - Lying Skunk?


Four - Five - Six - Dunk!
Tell the Truth - was it Bunk?
Weapons of Mass Destruction -
Propagandized Obstruction?


Did you Lead us Down the Primrose Path?
Gurgle - Gurgle - Spit - Now Laugh!
Getting Scared? Do we Mean It?
Geneva Convention - Sorry - Doesn’t Fit!


Does Haliburton have you in its Pocket?
Oops! Your Left Eye Popped Its Socket!
Not to Worry - we’ll Shove it Back -
Just Tell the Reason for the Attack!


Would you like a Writ of Habeas Corpus?
Not Available - Dude - Now Don’t you Fuss!
Is This Necessary - or Really Heinous?
But Veracity - ‘Twill it - Gain Us?


Protect Americans - Was your Motto -
How Do You Like Being Incommunicado?
Seven - Eight - Nine - Dunk!
Wan’na Upchuck - Throw a Chunk?


Now the Shoe’s on the Other Foot -
Do you think our Questions Moot?
Isn’t this Fun - Isn’t this Good?
Oh - Let us - Adjust your Hood!


Would you like to Escape this Mess?
We’ll be Done When - You Confess!
Water-Boarding - a Tad Different from Surfing -
Here’s your Chance - at Re-Birthing!


Surely Now - you’re Born Again -
Fess Up - What is your Sin?
Are you Mild - Truly Meek?
Can you Turn the Other Cheek?


Law - Justice - Democracy -
It’s All Here - In The Land of The Free!
Oh - Say, Can’t you See?
As Down your Legs - you Do Pee!


Call your Attorney? See a Judge?
Relax Now - Don’t you Budge!
Ropes Too Tight? You Can’t Breathe?
Why, Oh Why - Did you Deceive?


Had Enough? Is This Too Much?
Enjoy the Water’s Gentle Touch!
Ten - Eleven - Twelve -
Deeper, Deeper - We will Delve!


Splish - Splash - Sputter - Sput -
As Ropes Tighten - Do They Cut?
Isn’t This Fun - Isn’t This Great?
Would you like to - Regurgitate?


Name - Rank - Serial Number - Dunk!
That’s All That’s Required - Are you in a Funk?
“Whatsoever you Do - to the Least of my Brethren -
THAT - you Do Unto ME!”
The Error of your Ways - Can you Now See?


Would you Rather Be Impeached?
Tried for War Crimes?
Too Late Now - There is No Choice!
Why Do you Stutter? Have No Voice?


But - But - But - you Did the Right Thing?
In Another Country - you’d Hang - you’d Swing!
Or Where They Wear a Turban on their Head -
You’d Be - Beheaded Instead!


Ah - but Wait - Ere I be Remiss -
Did not Congress, like Judas, Betray with a Kiss?
“Vengeance is Mine!” - Sayeth The Lord -
Those who Live by It - Die by the Sword!


War and Peace - Crime and Punishment -
Let Also All the Warmongering Corporations Repent!
Is This Tale Too Long? Did I Belabor It?
Wear It - If the Shoe Does Fit!


‘Twill Continue - America’s Worldwide SHAME -
Unless We The People - Loudly Exclaim -
Re-Kindle Liberty’s Torch, or Flame -
Force These Culprits To Accept The BLAME!


What If - We Could Roll Back the Clock?
Pretend it All Didn’t Happen -
A Mockery of Justice -
Mock - Mock - Mock!


© - Tom Hyland - 06-17-08




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 Reviews of "Water-Boarding"
Reviewed on July 6, 2008
Wear it if the shoe does fit, for being too long! YOU CRACK ME UP Tom! YOur mind is a whirlwind of train - spinning down the tracks! YOu write of intensity and I feel your pain! Thank you for sharing like you do, this important through and through!!!
Write On!
Warm hugs and Blessings, Warrior Purple Passion Lady Sheexoooo

STay Positive! Enjoy! the waters gentle touch- YES, we need the holy water upon us all!

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on June 18, 2008
We've come a long way since we as a nation rallied against the Nazis for their brutal treatment of human beings - but very sadly, we've come the wrong way.

Reviewed on June 17, 2008
This one is powerfully penned - well done -

(((HUGS))) and love, karla.

Reviewed by Leland Waldrip
Reviewed on June 17, 2008
Humor helps, after the torture we've endured for seven years. Good one, Tom.
Best regards,
Leland

Reviewed by Lois Christensen
Reviewed on June 17, 2008
You turned the tables with this one. They have been getting away with so much it is pathetic, sickening, terrible, against God and country even. Good write. We can never be free with leaders like these. I have no respect for Bush, never did, won't ever.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on June 17, 2008
Can't turn back time, though I only wish...e

Reviewed by Rosalind Thompson (Reader)
Reviewed on June 17, 2008
Would they change their minds about torture? I doubt it, just look at John McCain!

Still, it's a funny poem though!


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