undone

explosions are heard dateline: 1.29.05
hatred
the starving refugees
too much to see from the God-view
cruel spirits mocking the graves of children
like the victims of herod's bethlehem shame
the throbbing sound of helicopters
the eyes of the creator watches the babel
replay itself
remembering rainbows and sacrifices
promises
and the hissing of the enlightened man
stomachs and minds too empty to grasp grace
the backward man left to hell's belly
drawn in
seduced
hollow
elliot's army plodding faceless
march
to
the catastrophe of hagar's escape.