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Sep 2016
I hear you seek to be;
To be without cant;
To be free of the weakness in yourself.

It is not enough just to be —
Hear what I say —
The acts in the shadow do not allow you to be.

You see, men who are
Make by right the claim to be
And stand in place for all to see.

As some few lead,
Most must follow.
Folly it is for you to make believe.

I see — draw the weapon,
Rail against your fate.
The quest answered thus.

Yes, ****** home knife, gun, bomb.
You have the right after all endured.
By this act you will be — infamously.


© 2016
At the core of terrorism is the urge of the terrorist to be unique, or "to be" better than anybody else. I attempt to capture that urge in the above.
E C Vadnais
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E C Vadnais  Rhode Island, USA
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