a shattered cafe

a shattered cafe

 

 

wasn't on the menu as an appetizer,

a serving of bullets,

wasn't on the program as a song,

the sounds of screaming fans

but not for the band,

wasn't meant for the poor people of Paris

to linger on the streets

in forever sleep,

 

the soccer ball deflated

the stadium suddenly silent

with mute explosion,

 

a goal of sorts,

but the agenda improvised, realized, compromised

and the question of which coach?

 

who sent in the play

that set Paris reeling under a red Moon

 

there will be no June 

in the hearts tonight

November will be the only month

 

they will remember.

 

 

 

11/14/15

 

erin-cilberto

Reviews

[h d e rushin]

My mother said that "they should be shame of themselves". And they would be if decency and
honor was in play. But if it's just blind faith and fury, these will continue to be the results.
God have mercy on all Jihadist souls....dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very blind faith....thank you for sharing these thoughts, dana.

j.

[Valentine]

We all must have watched the news for hours, praying for all of those trapped in the theater. If God made us all...why do they still hate so much? Thanks for putting this on. Valentine

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that's a really good question, Kathie....

why?

thank you,
j.

[Samuel Dickens]

It's hard to understand such evil, to come up with words that make sense, but you've done a good job of it. And they think God is on their side? What god could possibly condone the slaughter of innocent civilians? None that I know.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Sam...yes, what God?

[Chris]

As real as it gets... and just as hard.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, it is real hard to see all of this senseless loss of lives....

thanks, Chris.read moreyes, it is real hard to see all of this senseless loss of lives....

thanks, Chris.
j.

[...]

Jacob...did I come here to be stirred? Usually, but, this one I must refrain, because I could go on for hours, maybe even days...History repeats it's self over and over and over. The more things change the more they stay the same. The US is not invited into the middle east, they needed a way in...a reason. Russia deployed joint air defense shield over the entire middle east. Now Paris is under siege...sigh

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is awful...all of it....not sure there are reasons...maybe excuses to violence.

[...]

psy ops is the name of the game

[olla]

it changes people when these things happen.. 9/11 changed us.. they will keep changing us until we are ready to say "enough"

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, maybe we have turned our cheeks long enough and it is time to turn the tables...

who knows what the answers are? it's all so tragic.

[Bright Ocean Star]

I think so. They want a fight so desperately, I believe it is time to give it to them.