H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

DAVID COPE

Trumpets, please

Zarqawi

is

dead

is dead

photos

show the

bloated

face,

blood-

stained.

serious

men

ponder

how many

minutes he

gasped

on the

stretcher—

rejoice,

they say—

yet war

goes on

bombs

go off

& she

is dead

he

is dead

is dead

they say

they are

dead

on this

new day

dead again

they say

[Originally published in NHS 2006, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs06/Cope.htm.]