From: Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:04 AM Subject: Poignant antiwar poem by Marge Piercy: In Your Name
In Your Name By Marge Piercy In your name, we have invaded come with planes, tanks and artillery into a country and wonder why they do not like us be proud in your name we have bombed villages and cities leaving torn babies, the bloated bellies of their mothers, a little boy crying for his father who lies under his broken house the smashed arms of teenagers in the sun-baked streets every death creates a warrior be proud In your name we have taken men and women from their homes in the afternoon breaking down their doors in the night waking them to the rattle of weapons leaving their children weeping with fear be proud in your name we have taken those we suspect because they were in the wrong place or because someone who hated them gave their names or because a soldier didn't like the way they stared at him put them in cells and strung them up like slaughtered cattle stripped their clothes and mocked them naked ran electricity through their tender parts set dogs to rip their flesh in your name be proud This is who you are becoming. There is none other but you sanctioning this. In your name young boys from Newark and Sandusky are shot at by people who live in the place they have been marched to. In your name a young woman from Detroit is disemboweled by a bomb. In your name the sons of out of work miners step on land mines. In your name their bodies are shipped home. In your name fathers return to their children maimed and blind, their brains seared. This is who you are in Athens or in Lima not Ohio when people glare at you in the street. This is the person your passport identifies, the one who allows the order to be given for blood to be mixed with sand for bones to be mixed with mud In your name is all this being carried out right now as we sit here, as we speak, as we sleep. Every day we do not act, we are permitting. Every day we do not say no, we all say yes be proud. *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. NOTE: Some links may require cut and paste into your Internet Browser. Please check for daily real news posts and support the truth! (sorry but don't have time to email all posts) at <http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr> http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr or <http://groups.google.com/group/total_truth_sciences/topics?gvc=2> http://groups.google.com/group/total_truth_sciences/topics?gvc=2 ; You can also subscribe to the multiple daily emails by sending an email to <mailto:total_truth_sciences-subscr...@googlegroups.com> total_truth_sciences-subscr...@googlegroups.com ; free book download: <http://www.lulu.com/content/165077> http://www.lulu.com/content/165077 *** Revealing the hidden Truth For Educational & Further Research Purposes only. *** NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency (NSA) may have read emails without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse, nor protection.......... IF anyone other than the addressee of this e-mail is reading it, you are in violation of the 1st & 4th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Patriot Act 5 & H.R. 1955 Disclaimer Notice: This post & all my past & future posts represent parody & satire & are all intended for entertainment and amusement only. To be removed from the weekly list, please reply with the subject line "REMOVE" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "total_truth_sciences" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to total_truth_sciences-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/total_truth_sciences
