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| Cruelty and Conquest by Kristin Prevallet Winter 2003 I. The United States has no quarrel with the Iraqi people; they’ve suffered too long in silent captivity. Liberty for the Iraqi people is a great moral cause, and a great strategic goal. The people of Iraq deserve it; the security of all nations requires it. Free societies do not intimidate through cruelty and conquest, and open societies do not threaten the world with mass murder. The United States supports political and economic liberty in a unified Iraq. (George Bush to the United Nations, September 2002) II. The United States has no quarrel oil the Iraqi people; they’ve suffered too oil in silent captivity. Liberty for the oil people is a great moral cause, oil a great strategic goal. The people oil Iraq deserve it; the security of oil nations requires it. Free societies do oil intimidate through cruelty and conquest, and oil societies do not threaten the world oil mass murder. The United States supports oil and economic liberty in a unified oil. III. 6 The United States has no oil oil the Iraqi people; they’ve oil too oil in silent captivity. Oil for the oil people is oil great moral cause, oil a oil strategic goal. The people oil oil deserve it; the security of oil nations requires it. Free societies oil oil intimidate through cruelty and oil, and oil societies do not oil the world oil mass murder. Oil United States supports oil and oil liberty in a unified oil. IV. 5 The United States oil no oil oil the oil people; they’ve oil too oil in silent captivity. Oil oil the oil people is oil great moral cause, oil oil oil strategic goal. The oil oil oil deserve it; oil security of oil nations oil it. Free societies oil oil intimidate through cruelty and oil, and oil societies do oil oil the world oil oil murder. Oil United States oil oil and oil liberty oil a unified oil. V. 4 Oil United States oil oil oil oil the oil people; they’ve oil oil oil in silent oil. Oil oil the oil people is oil oil moral cause, oil oil oil strategic goal. oil oil oil oil oil it; oil security of oil nations oil oil. Free societies oil oil intimidate through cruelty oil oil, and oil oil do oil oil oil world oil oil oil. Oil United States oil oil and oil oil oil a unified oil. VI. 3 Oil United Oil oil oil oil oil the oil people; they’ve oil oil oil oil silent oil. Oil oil the oil people is oil oil moral oil, oil oil oil strategic goal. oil oil oil oil oil it; oil security of oil nations oil oil. Free societies oil oil intimidate oil cruelty oil oil, and oil oil do oil oil oil world oil oil oil. Oil United States oil oil and oil oil oil oil unified oil. VII. 2 Oil Oil Oil oil oil oil oil oil oil oil; they’ve oil oil oil oil oil oil. Oil oil the oil oil is oil oil oil oil, oil oil oil strategic oil. oil oil oil oil oil oil; oil oil of oil nations oil oil. Oil societies oil oil oil oil oil oil oil, and oil oil oil oil oil oil oil oil oil oil. Oil United Oil oil oil and oil oil oil oil oil oil. This poem was generated using an Oulipo technique re-introduced by Juliana Spahr in the anthology 100 Days edited by Andrea Brady and Keston Sutherland (Barque, 2001). The technique involves counting and eliminating certain words based on chance. I eliminated every seventh word in stanza #2, every sixth word in stanza #3, until the end of the poem when every other word was eliminated. Kristin Prevallet is the author of Scratch Sides: Poetry, Documentation and Image-Text Projects. She lives in Greenpoint. |
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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs. Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn www.voxpop.net |
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