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Al-Qaeda Babies

I had a nightmare

There were Al-Qaeda babies crawling in my room

With turbans on their heads

I know it sounds racist, it's awful, totally sick

but you gotta believe me

These Johnny Jihads were glowing in the dark

And I sensed bombs in their brains, saying gooooo geeeee gaaaa-gaaaa!

I've never been so terrified in my life

I had to leap over them, they were so ******* real

Any moment they'd explode

in a thin blood step of suicide

and Al-Qaeda day care

It wasn't just that

I knew the evil they'd become

Let me tell you how I got in this awful mess

I had this crazy idea

about confronting evil

Rwanda, genocide, all that ****

In all the books I could find

I thought I could make peace with the world

If I just cried my guts out

ship-wreck some snot mess, you know what I mean

Well, I guess the joke's on me

I needed a nightmare to tell me

There's no truth in evil

There's nothing to find

When it's all an illusion to begin with

Just like that nightmare

What a lesson that was.

I'll always remember those Al-Qaeda babies

They really saved my life

As twisted as that sounds

It's true

And yes, it's a true story

If you don't believe me...

Then God help you,

And you'll meet those Al-Qaeda babies.

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Written by
kiersten-cosgrove
American
Published
May 24, 2013
Lines·Words
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Notes

Best waking nightmare of my life. Got a poem out of it.

I wonder if anyone will laugh at my sick sense of humor. That'll be fun to see.

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