The Vengeance Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The Vengeance

There is no war it is all happening on TV, for our

entertainment, I look out of the window and see

no dead bodies, no blood or bombed buildings,

or soldiers prancing about, except Pedro coming

back after hunting rabbits. He hates rabbits since

one chased him and bit his bum, he was twelve

at the time but the indignity made him malicious.



He hunts rabbits in the morning, they hear him

come and hide in burrows, except for the unwise

that think they can make play hide and seek with

him. Pedro is a crack shot and at times bag one,

which is good for us, had he always missed his

hatred may have grown to include us and the war

would move from the TV screen on to our street.