Assad
Doctor butcher man-of-the-world,
Smug tyrant in an air-conditioned palace
While an infant wakes choking to die.
A child with world-weary eyes looks pleading at his mother without surprise,
She reaches to his face and they touch each other's tears.
Silent cries, choking cries, all without surprise.
Rage against, rise against,
Doctor butcher tyrant, suited-slaughterer
Choking, stuttering
Back into bed.
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