The White Alien

little green alien

turns black and brown

big orange commander

sniffs pure white gunpowder  

here in yemen
whiteness stains
easily

here in mosul

whiteness is

bright red

here in syria

whiteness is bright
orange light in the sky
erupting overhead

fifty great stars

that don't throw away their spears

fifty fears fathered, this white eden
flooded with lead-water

white man,
your heart of darkness
is a war crime

here you are
in the middle east, 

big scary monster

here you are
only a bomb, only a gun

here you are
illegal alien

here you are

April-May 2017