2008: Lest We Forget

A cruel time this was, the year of 2007An unholy mix of hell and heavenAmerica target Somalia in JanuaryNo respite for Darfur in FebruaryIdes of March sanctions Iran CiviliansIn April, 200 killed by US-Iraqi militantsLebanese die in dozens during May clashesCome June, Israeli prez free of rape chargesIndia enslaved in US nuclear umbrella in JulyAugust on, more power to American wire spyGermany joins so-called terror war in SeptemberBlackwater guilty of civilian murders in OctoberSuicide bombing in November’s AfghanistanDecember marks post-Bhutto rioting in PakistanWhere’s heaven, my friend, if you are curious to find--In the name of God, we maimed the human kind---Saswat Pattanayak, Peoples' Poet, 2007