Bethlehem

The sun melts in the Middle East
Dripping buttery ichor on the sands
Rifle fire tracing outlines of people
Whose hate is manifest in propaganda

Somewhere the truth is imprisoned
Shackled and crying and maybe tortured
There is no light in that dungeon
There is only sound proofing and metal

Children sport weapons like old school fishing rods
Proud and angry scuttle bugs
The women are dangerous too
The airwaves paint a sordid tale

Here in paradise we drug on MTV
Carry paper signs and sighs
Our enemy is an environmental radical
Setting fire to empty auto dealerships

The burn is coming
We feel it in our DNA
The inevitability of ruin
Dances in the peripheral

The edge must give
The center cannot hold
All things balance out
In the end it's always even

Saddam is a bearded puppet head
Arraigned on television for everyone's bemusement
He reminds me of every assassinated despot
That ever graced the cover of Time

Cartoons are really what it's all about
Bobble headed Bush and his Little Rascals
United We Stand and Divided We Fall
Heed that cliche lest we all perish

I sit and watch and wonder
Where the end will finally settle
As the fear grows like a plague
And the beast prepares to swallow

Copyright 2004 Harry R. Fagel ARR

Where I've been

Where have I been?....

Work has been very busy and I know that excuses are like assholes but oh well. Work on the final draft of my new book has been slow at best, and I am quickly approaching a need for speed.

GOOD NEWS....Dirk Vermin, world renowned tattoo artist and musician will be providing the art for the book cover.

I, like other great poets before me, will tell the world the title when it is most beneficial to the marketing...hahaha.

Stay tuned to fagelman! I promise there will be some cool shit coming up very soon!-
Harry