Burning Bush Poem by John F. McCullagh

The Taliban has lost many men.
And some others vacation in Cuba.
Marines hunt the villains in
Tunnels and caves
While Osama hides out in Aruba.

Yet, in theatre, the Taliban spreads
Like some Santa Ana fed fire,
Out of check, out of control
Like weeds on a grave, ever higher.


How many more must be tortured and killed
Before Arabs throw shoes at your dome?
How many soldiers and sailors deployed,
-nevermore to see family and home?

Shock them and awe them
And level their homes.
Take out yet more Chinese loans!
This is murder and mayhem
With vendor finance,
They manage on hatred alone.


Placing Murph’s dog tags around your own neck
While symbolic, was still a good start.
Here are three thousand others to try on for size
Each stands for a Mom’s broken heart.



Note:
Then President Bush put the dog tags of a slain soldier named Murphy around his own neck during the awarding of a posthumous medal