R. Zahniser

Poems
A CALL FOR HELP (11/15/07)
When they told us we needed to put in more hours
because the business environment was so competitive,
we put in more hours.
Four Thousand and Counting (8/14/08)
This poem originally appeared in the May 2008 issue of "The Portland Alliance".
Legacy (8/14/08)
This poem originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of "The Portland Alliance".
Parachuting Bush into Baghdad (11/15/07)
In the end it was all we could do.
Reparations,
trials,
promises of respect for autonomy
were all overshadowed
by the number
of dead.
President Torture (3/20/08)
This poem originally appeared in December 2006 issue of "The Portland Alliance."
The Real War (3/20/08)
Due to the war on cancer
civil liberties will be temporarily suspended.