[Newspoetry] Fwd: Empty Shells

[Joe Futrelle]

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>From: Robert Futrelle <futrelle at ccs.neu.edu>
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>Empty Shells
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>Empty shell casings, incontrovertible evidence,
>that they're up to something bad.
>
>But wait, there's more that makes sense,
>and makes our president quite mad.
>
>They found a table seating seven,
>used they say, for plotting wars.
>
>Seven's the magic number, they calculate,
>for planning massively destructive strikes.
>
>Curtains on the windows clinch the find,
>just what plotters hide behind.
>
>A hook on the door that can keep it locked,
>to assure a perfect secrecy, that's it!
>
>There's a mountain of other evidence,
>which we can barely begin to describe.
>
>All point with certainty to the most heinous crimes.
>
>Here is a partial list.
>No explanations are given --
>they're all so clearly criminal:
>
>   Electric lights
>   Tire tracks
>   Refrigerator
>   GI Joe doll
>   Paper tablecloth
>   Sodium Chloride
>
>Once the Security Council sees the list,
>they'll agree without delay,
>that we should strike and strike today.
>
>
>"Habeas Iraqus":  http://slate.msn.com/id/2077558/


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