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Book 18 Page 27

Ingenious ways to kill

The latest and most ingenious ways to kill

are not invented by ‘murderous villains,’

They are invented by those in the ‘arms race.’

The latest and most ingenious ways to kill

are not funded by some thug group like the Mafia,

it is funded by you and me ‘the tax payer.’

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au Created on 5/2/00