BARELY A WHISPER

the point at which

Policy
becomes

atrocity

first stage in
our ever-evolving
human hypocrisy

barely a whisper
from usual suspects, ink-
soaked saints

as we
hit stage the second

find atrocity
at prayer

hear its pleas for
the salvation of
total indemnity

often with barely
a whimper of regret at all

Published by Damian Garside