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I wrote this as I watched the bombings the other night, but had another piece posted.

Saturday, March 22, 2003

The ghastly sound
comes first,
unconscious flinching
strickens the mind,
as the whistling roar
approaches...
Seconds
resound and echo,
with dreadful intensity...
The lurid flash pierces
eyes unstartled surprise,
so near...
Muddied orange smoke-fingers
spiral into a
haunting, swirling column,
heaving upwards
with destructive release...
At the apex, it mounds,
and overspreads
its chaotic beauty,
before releasing
it�s fuming breath,
joining its brethren
in an awful
and searingly gorgeous
dance of death...
In its wake
lays fire, and rubble.

Erin Moen
3/21/03

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bags123

Insufferable Crouton

Member # 194

From:
NY posted 03-21-2003 02:56 PM

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Nice one Erin,These ain't fireworks on the 4th of July.

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"Reality is a function of a persons individual perception"-
George Carlin

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Moongem

Paradoxical Poetess

Member # 501

From:
Arizona posted 03-21-2003 07:10 PM

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Perhaps they are, Gerry, in their own way, for another country's people...

Copyright 2003 �

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Reviewed by Bobbi Duffy

Reviewed on March 23, 2003

Beautifully written, and I too have compassion for the innocents who must live through this, but I reserve that compassion for the people of Iraq, the regime has done far worse to these people than our ordinance ever could and it is the target and the thing that must be destroyed.

Reviewed by FREDERICK GEIGER (Reader)

Reviewed on March 23, 2003

Awesome style and very descriptive. I can actually visualize it. Good write.

Frederick

Reviewed by Joel Raja Kumar J (Reader)

Reviewed on March 23, 2003

Some times war becomes necessary Erin, Don;t you think we must not fight with each other? Here in AD now a days it is arguing and name calling even among friends.

Discussions would be better don't you think?

Love from India - Joel -

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)

Reviewed on March 23, 2003

YOu go Erin. Take on that Rage.

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen

Reviewed on March 23, 2003

That is not Paradoxical Poetess's signature, Rage. It is Insufferable Crouton's and does not apply to the piece, it is a signature that changes periodically and was used before the War started. I am sorry if it offends you and for your experiences with bombs. Perhaps you can explain your position to the relatives of the World Trade Center victims, the Pentagon and the planes. Or to the woman who's head was used as a yard decoration last week in Iraq. It is that same type of mentality that we are at War with, not the oppressed civilians of the corrupted powerful. Are you of the opinion, then, that the war against Hitler should not have been fought? Can your imagination encompass what the world's future would be like, now? Would you have compassion if you saw your baby swung like a rag doll and its head smashed against a wall? Your wife shot and dying as she is being raped? In a way, his signature is all to apt to this situation...

Reviewed by Tony Nerone (Reader)

Reviewed on March 23, 2003

Good Morning Erin
This is why I am anti war. I support our troops, but the death and destruction will linger for decades. Excellent Write, Erin!

ty
tony

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