anartao : Writing

Manufactured hatred

Manufactured hatred

A Poem by anartao


Hatreds manufactured between fear and feigned abuses Vested interests left unchecked spawn spurious excuses History’s pages overflow with ..
Crippled hands

Crippled hands

A Poem by anartao


The fingers keep on fighting in the trenches of the hand The bigger picture’s lost when narrow visions make demands Slowly losing grip ti..
The flock have been abandoned

The flock have been abandoned

A Poem by anartao


About the rot we find within the church, when the shepherds collude with the wolves
Golden fundamentalism

Golden fundamentalism

A Poem by anartao


The worship of the $
Collateral damage

Collateral damage

A Poem by anartao


A buzzing that builds overhead, a flash from out the skyA hole where once a building stood, its occupants nearbyTwisted as they fell in shaded alabast..
The noble myths of war

The noble myths of war

A Poem by anartao


Forget the noble myths you’re told of the reasons behind war,they’re honeyed words to sweeten what the common man abhors Freedom and democ..
Adrift in a sea of the bought and the sold

Adrift in a sea of the bought and the sold

A Poem by anartao


We’ve detached our soul’s currency from the standard of goldThe tangible lost in a speculative hold Adrift in a sea of the bought and the ..
The cost beyond the dollar

The cost beyond the dollar

A Poem by anartao


We frolicked and we played, as we teetered on the blade, insulated in our arrogance and greedWe shopped as others starved, drank as corporations carve..
Mystery or mundane

Mystery or mundane

A Poem by anartao


Are we just projectiles tracing paths in space and time,trajectories determined by the heights to which we climbRandomly occurring instances of flesh ..
The irresponsibility of foreign policy

The irresponsibility of foreign policy

A Poem by anartao


Gadhafi and Hussein are gone, Assad is in the sights,as Western money flows to any dog that’s in the fight The enemy of our enemy, a lesson neve..

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