An African Iris Speaks To The Human Race

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If you feel a need

to go to war

you can be sure

all the flowers

in the field

to death

they will yield

 

Myself included:

I can't be deluded

Why do you 

go to war?

 

Well...

This iris will tell 'ya

its your troubled

genitalia

Needing to penetrate

the enemy

and stain

the deep blue sea

Needing to proclaim

victory

where peace

should be

Needing to boast

that all else

is toast

Needing to hate

is just inability

to communicate

Needing to bomb

—and to bomb well—

this heaven on earth

is what you make hell

But the following

must be read:

 

Sweep the hate

in your head

with a broom

 

Sweep it into

a lockable room

(flavored with cumin)

allowing every human

and all flowers

to blossom

and bloom

🌼 🌼

 

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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