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loved it Chris, fantastic! Helen > >Poetry and Violence > >My Daddy tole me one man slew a thousand >Wit' an ass' jawbone > >And when done had a cool drink from that gory club > >Holy water A fine tale memorializing the slaughter > >O the blood O the blood O the blood done signed my name > >The Muse croons after violence like she do flowers and rain >Wardrums git her jiggy widdit >And pain >In the lines of Homer and Song of the Cid >Even in Gentle Walt Whitmans Drumtaps >She's doin' dat thing >She can dance to the rhythm of hate >Just like she gets rite with Spring > >For hate is steady forever Hate is like iron >Love like a summer breeze >Strong hot today >tomorrow gone > >I know it wuz the blood I know it wuz the blood I know it wuz the blood >for me > >If he who is angry without cause >Must burn in hellfire >Is even one to be saved >Even one > >My nation stands stiff at attention >At words wrought at the cannon's mouth >Rockets Red Glare Bombs Bursting in Air > >What 21 odes shall salute Noodle McVeigh >What poems shall explode >When the next one sets off the nuke in his suitcase > >Chris Hayden >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.