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Gaddaffi

February 23, 2011 100, Concerns, Writing 1 Comment

Muammar Gaddafi
Dictator Supreme

Heavy virgins uniformed
Girl guards for a world thug
Billionaire magnate evildoer
Fed on camel milk fresh
Lockerbie ransom for oil

Dissidents rise, tortured, hanged
Gunfire, screams, corpses
No smooth fight this
Visas refused, news-less
No foreign journalists

Videos, people phone
Sneaked, life risked, real
Truths truer told, potent
Not edited bullet ricocheted
Citizens gunned down

Bed sheet gowned despot, hatted
Unhinged press call from car
Mustachioed menace on last leg
Umbrella wielding and ready to shed
Last drop of blood for country

Desperado on a white charger
Ranting, raving
‘My kingdom for a face-lift’.

Currently there is "1 comment" on this Article:

  1. Shobha says:

    Vivid…
    ‘my kingdom for a face-lift’. Clever

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