Kim Phuc

In every seed

is a bottled message

waiting to be freed.

In every heart

is captive love

waiting to be freed.



DRYING IN THE SUN



61 died that day in the 1st infantry..

in Vietnam



2? rows of body bags..

the fruit of war

drying in the sun



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BLACK HAWK DOWN SIKORSKY PROFITS UP





that day in Vietnam

when death came to Danny Sikorsky

.. he shared not the profits

of Helicopters Bell & Sikorsky





PLANE ENKINDLES WHEAT FIELDS



Wheatfields caught

the sun's fire

but

a war plane crashed

and set them afire







CHICKEN CRUX



Their frightened clucks

preceded their crux

next morn's crowing cock

seemed a mocking clock




Author's Notes/Comments: 

Kim Phuc's message to us
all is 'first do no harm'

                
                 Kim Phuc, the little Vietnamese girl whose clothes were burned
                 off her body by napalm when she was 9 years old, ran until
                 pain and thirst stopped her. When she stopped a kind American
                 soldier poured water on her burns, but the steam only cooked
                 them further. In the pain, she lost consciousness. She had 14 months
                 in the hospital and 17 operations, with burns over 35% of her
                 body. To listen to her
                 http://freshair.npr.org/dayFA.cfm?todayDate=archive

                 Israeli torture
                 http://www.amnesty.org
                 Bush deathchamber illegal courts
                 http://www.aclu.org
                 Nonviolent noturkey Thanksgiving
                 http://www.goveg.com/meetmeat.html
                 http://www.ivu.org
                 Boycott of Texas companies til executions cease
                 http://www.egroups.com/messages/txabolition
                 Phil Berrigan denied phone privileges
                   in Elkton Ohio jail
                 http://www.egroups.com/messages/ohioleft
                   (yesterday's posts)

                 Father Mother God receive all the souls
                 who have been bombed.. prevent torture
                 of any detainee anywhere..
                 end all violence to humans and animals
                 now and forever

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