My Collection of War Zones and Other Disasters
I am no stranger to war zones
or natural disasters ..
I once drove an old green VW
through the streets
of Beirut, across Syria and on
to the Lebanon
for a laugh and sheer hell of it ..
All safely wrapped,
in a camouflaged aid package
I hasten to add ..
I also hit, New Orleans only
a matter of days
after Katrina had hit harder ..
And I saw with
my good eye, through smoke,
the temple
of the tooth, still blazing away
not long after
the Tamil Tigers left it in ruins,
to rot and decay ..
And yet, while I remain loathe
to reference the
aftermath, of that last Bentota
tsunami, because
a whole bunch of dear friends
drowned in it ..
I hereby confess, the Ukraine
and the earthquake
in Haiti, were no picnic either ..
And whereas
I am far from ashamed of them,
or my time in Africa ..
When possible, I avoid sharing
the fact I still allow,
a wife to book all the gigs for me ..