What to drink , when there is nothing left

Posted by \~/ on November 02, 19101 at 16:44:31:

In Reply to: Beverages Anyone? posted by Baba Ganooj on November 02, 19101 at 10:15:25:

Having nothing else left
the old man suckled
at his son's wife's breast
tepid breastmilk
laced with gunpowder
and yesterday's rations

Having given up on the drought's end
He nonetheless prayed for rain to
cover their flight
from Khandar
or Kabul
to Quetta, perhaps?

Having nothing else left
he carefully maneauvered
rivers of his countrymen's blood,
a stream of Saudi-born oil, foretelling his destruction
a rivulet of ink, recording the truth, for others to read

Of the day, when, having nothing else left,
he nursed at a breast, and wailed like a babe
that he might live another day

:There are wells
:of rain and milk

:Rivers of blood,
:oil, or ink

:What would you
:like to drink?

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