Doomsday is no doubt near
By Tarif Youssef Agha
When a whole nation is slaughtered in front of cameras,
And all that it gets are committees and conferences
When no one cares but only about the return of the Nuns,
While millions of people are forced to flee to tents,
Then Doomsday is no doubt near
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When they find excuses for a butcher committing massacres,
And a war criminal runs for presidency
When pimps and whores become part of the ruling circle,
And life goes back to the dark ages,
Then Doomsday is no doubt near
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When the thugs are called the greatest,
And the dumb become PhD’s and scientists
When a leader is treated like he is a donation from heaven,
And when a gang is called a government,
Then Doomsday is no doubt near
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When a mob boss is called a president,
And its members are called ministers
When militias and assassins are called a national army,
And the killer is found innocent while the victim is to be accused,
Then Doomsday is no doubt near
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When our cities are destroyed on the heads of the people
In order that Israel keeps the water of the Golan Heights
When the Russians rob us and the Iranians occupy us,
While the world floods us with promises and dreams,
Then the Doomsday is no doubt near
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When they called a revolution a (civil war),
And the torment is called a (crisis)
When the misery of a nation is called an (issue),
And they invent new words to redefine crime,
Then Doomsday is no doubt near
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A Poem translation
(Can be shared without permission)
Tarif Youssef-Agha
An Expatriate Arab Syrian Writer & Poet
Member of the ‘Syrian Revolutionary Writers Assembly’
Friday March 21, 2014, Houston, Texas
http://sites.google.com/site/tarifspoetry