Hormuz. Hormuz.
They bombed a girls’ school in Iran
and feigned for days that it wasn’t them
Must have been those Iranian bastards
Then the UN squeaked and croaked
and made sighing sounds
all regrettable, very, yes.
Meanwhile, here at home, the government said it is keeping a watch
May be everybody should talk.
said, the jesters, the fools.
Ain’t that a grand idea?
What, we have no opinion now?
We just — watch?
Can’t even condemn the killing of innocent victims
of hegemonic powers?
Buddha and Gandhi watch the spectacle
with glazed eyes
computing trade deficit and H1B visas,
and dollar investments to crank up the stalling economy.
Our moral core crumbled long ago.
Now we avert our eyes.
All we have now
to hide from our collective shame is
messianic bluster and the saintly sermons.