Alienation

Entered in the comp, "State a Nation You Do Not  Like" in the forums. JJ

I absolutely fuckin love this one..
thanks.

Thank you Miki, as a matter of fact, so do I! :)
JJ

The way you your words always touch even the deepest parts on one's heart is incredible Jj. Your work is inspiring man.

Thank you Masango. I always say, if you write from your heart, your words will touch the hearts of others. JJ

Never apologize fer being above it all sweetie! I think you did great with this JJ!
Stepping to side after stating your thots, best course sumtms. you gots *Class misters!

"Manifesting hatred while they sit back and enjoy the battle
Bathing in bloodthirsty verse as flags proudly wave o'er head"
~you are solid thru-out but these two lines
wave loud n 'proud in truths, as Any flag shud.
hearthugs man, luv this!

luck be urs at comp!
~d/T

The apology at he end is a backhanded apology, not intended as real. Have you ever heard someone say something that is clearly offensive to women or another ethnicity or religion, and then instead of saying "I'm sorry", they say, "if anyone was offended, I apologize". Well that's a load of horseshit! Of course they were offended, there is no "if" about it. And in that same moment, they make the apology a contingency rather than a hard fact. There should be no caveat, it should only be "I am sorry" because they should have known not to be so stupid to begin with, but even before the beginning, like God before the beginning, the hatred that gave birth to the thought should never have inspired the words. I aimed my faux-apology at the person who started the competition for having decided that we should write a poem about a nation we dislike. Originally I titled the poem, "Norway" because that is where he is from. But then I realized I was giving in to the very prejudice he was eliciting. So I thought about what he was doing to me, and alienating me from my own beliefs popped into my head. JJ

Oh, btw, thanks for commenting d/T! :)
JJ

It's a flippin war machine.  There are minions of a higher cause out there who just instigate and propagate misbeliefs on people to feed their machine.  And we, the oh so enlightened human race just keep buying into at the cost of our own humanity, as well as the price paid in blood.  This is a beautiful statement, back-handed apology and all.  :)  Worked me up this one did.

Michael

This is why the heart and mind must ever be vigilant, keeping each other in check so we neither rationalize the reasons for war or act on instantaneous anger over our arch-enemies actions. Especially the one lurking within...  and thanks for the comment too!
JJ

made me think of the cold war days - not sure why

very clever piece :-)

Thanks again David! Interesting take... jj