facing Karma

civil war
cold war
fog of war
guerrilla war
man o'war
nuclear war
war is Hell
Tinker Bell
war of words
Turkey and the Kurds
Trinity and the open sea
concussive mushroom cloud
a dark shroud
a phantom creeping near
massaging skin with fear
looking for a new cafe
and after two drinks, he'll say
he needs another dragon to slay
he needs another place to eat
a chair, please, perhaps closer to the street
and afterwards he'll read
as happy eyeballs bleed
in a nearby shopping mall
selfish buyers walking tall
all their children sleeping
inside the lonely weeping
inside the paper bag
a single feather and a flag
facing karma