On January 7th the massacre of workers and police at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices in Paris stunned not only France but the world.
A prompt “a moving beast” that day in the Prompted Poetry Forum on Writers’ Dock inspired me to write this poem…
a moving beast
it spread across the world
attacking those who disagreed
or dared to criticise or comment
it wanted all subservient to its greed
to hold complete power over others
no brothers-in-peace to appease
just a cause to fill its hungry maws
R.I.P.
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