Oppose "Preemptive Strike" With Merciless Counterblow

Oppose “Preemptive Strike” With Merciless Counterblow*
by C. Charles Bley

perpetrating grave maneuvers
forestalling attack.

assembly last, prattled the north's use
of nukes,

reconfirmation of a scheme
forestalling attack.

days command and provocation,
beating war missile strikes
and getting cut.

that traitor guided the public scene

of the firing
of real action.

missiles are objects.
time revealed their moves
a war came into power
puppet arms and allegedly supremacy.

a plan to build the system
countering to some threat
forestalling attack.
           
"an illusion, an idle onlooker
pluck deal strike,"
those who called for breaks say.
           
commit with silly expectation,
miserable ruin.




*The full article "Oppose "Preemptive Strike" With Merciless Counterblow" originally appeared 2.23.2013 on the website Rodong Sinmun. Title of article and name of publication are used here without permission.
This project, 소거법 (Elimination), is defined by the application of poetic erasure to text from North Korean government "news sources" - with whose worldview the resulting poems are intended to clash, in their own small way.
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