Sixty-Four
When military language
permeates a culture —
when fighting climate change
persistently pummels
changing how we live;
when battle against cancer
repeatedly slays
regimen for health;
when waging war on terror
consistently camouflages
the terror of waging war —
that culture is already
at war with itself.
Desire and aversion,
conflict and fear —
words of war
turn into
death sentences.
