Rummy Poetry

Been A Long Time

Closer than ever.
Clearly, there's sectarian violence;
people are being killed.
Sunnis are killing Shi'a and
Shi'a are killing Sunnis.
Kurds seem not to be involved.

It's unfortunate, and they need
a reconciliation process. The prime minister's pushing for
a reconciliation process.

There are a couple of other things that are --
oh, how would you characterize it --
things you wish weren't happening.

Does that constitute a
civil war?
I guess you can
decide for yourself,
and
we can all go to the dictionary
and
decide what you want to call something.
But I think,
to me, that
it is not a classic
civil war at this stage.
It is a --
it certainly isn't like our
civil war. It isn't like the
civil war in a number of other countries.

Is it a high level of sectarian violence?
Yes, it is.
And are people being killed?
Yes.
And is it unfortunate?
Yes.

Rummy Haiku!

Last Gasp

• You Know (3/29)


• Untidy (4/4)


• I Am (5/13). This is actually a bit of a rant on Rummy still having a job--scroll to the end to see what could be his last poem.


• To The Attention Of The Department (6/18).

Maintenance

2004 Poems

• An Ode To Aristide's Kidnapping (03/02)

Rummy Poetry

• Zakheim Is (10/21)


• Bad Things (9/27)


• It's vastly different (9/13)


• Getting Closer (8/7)


• How Close (8/1)


• Pass the doobie (7/31)


• Look (7/28)


• I think (7/25)


• I don't know (7/10)


• Quagmire (7/1)