Bird Of Prey Poem by Stephen S. Yeandle

Crime correlation
with income
and debt
in the cities
and states that
we dwell

a
just
assessment?

Oh but of course...

is it a microcosm
of what is screened
on the evening news
abroad

advancing
preemptively
into Islam

in the
name of Jesus
looking
for oil

Beelzebub
who the hell
is that

could it be a
phalanx

naively representing
the financial needs

of a ravenous nation
with an attitude

that no longer can
compete
in any other way

then war...