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 John Ashcroft's bones (poem)

Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:41PM
 
John Ashcroft's bones
Posted By: Jayne Lyn Stahl

"Nothing new about
  torture,"  he said,
 chewing on
  a bent straw –
"been around as
long as the plague,

and always
a patriot’s
game."

  
 
 
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