2010
02.08
02.08
it’s been 40 yrs since
philip jones griffiths
shot the peeling
napalm head because
the boy had asked him to
(even when he couldn’t)
because he prayed
for a nuremberg trial
but now
nixon and griffiths are dead
and only the other
ever gets tried
for crimes against humanity
and that image of agony
would never be published
but perhaps you’ve seen
the charred, tagged limb
touch the shrouded head
or his metaphoric
brothel scene
a rape
our leaders
still call freedom
vietnam never ended
only the names get changed