home Poem List Black Or White A youth at victory turned on our flag Many viewed her on vision's mental rack She's white one white observer went to nag While black observers claimed the girl was black Such mistaken identities confuse Near white folk seeking protective allies To Indians a source that strikes humor's muse One can't error more behind human eyes Than to mistake survival's foes for friends Yet on our way to war we often see Panic in perspectives toward war's ends Manifested in faint's reality Casting moods uncertain of ways and goes Moods that recognize danger is grooming War dogs while reflecting on just who knows Secrets that belong to death now looming Those who know of war and her techniques Must discuss with hangmen their source of views If they can't tell who haunts their own mystiques How can they be christians praying in pews Crusade for minds indifferent to thought Seems to overwhelm weak once empowered Caught in webs their conspiracies have wrought Calls can be tracked so their past can be scoured (c)ERA 08:38 AM 2/27/03