iraq++

iraq with one year added,
the title reflecting in
code poet's poet code;
buildings still blow
-up, up! joyce wrote
didn't he? does it
matter? forever?
four 'ever ago'
periods hence,
time was for-
gotten; pic-
tures of
the way,
snapshot
imagery/.

a modern crusade?
meaningless to me
for the battle is
spiritual not phy
-sical. a musical
background shofar
warning of approa
-ching apropos is
army trucks and a
-rmy tanks formin
-g a ring through
out the city; arm
chair general con
-tinues tenuous r
-elation-
-ship-
-real-
-ly-
?