Blowback
written by: Ray Miller
They said it’s the end of history
when it was just an interregnum
They said whatever we say goes
and cancelled further questions
They could’ve been munificent
but went for world hegemony
and humiliating rivals
with economic shock therapy
They could’ve kept those promises
to the begging and defeated
but they hoarded stolen property
and marched the empire eastward
They fabricated phony wars
that debased the United Nations
and pretended when the blowback came
that there was no provocation
Ray Miller lives in Malvern, Worcestershire. He used to be a Psychiatric Nurse, but is now fully recovered. He's the father of eight children, four of whom are adopted, merely as a means of compensating for his carbon footprint. He is a Socialist, Aston Villa supporter and faithful husband. Life's been a disappointment.
