Rendition

today I watched the testimony

of a woman whose brother

is being held in a Saudi Arabian prison,

at the request of the

United States government,

because a grand jury in America

found no reason to indict him,

so the FBI had the Saudi government

place him under arrest,

now he can be held indefinitely

because our court has no jurisdiction;

we have lost the war,

it was over before it

even began;

in the end it was the

hypocrisy and lies that

brought about the fall,

in the end we became exactly

what they said we were,

in the end old secrets and

dirty deeds,

quietly swept under the carpet,

crawled out from the darkness,

shining in the sun for all to see;

now it’s all over but

the shouting,

which will last for years,

as those who grew rich from

the fruit of the lies continue

to hang on for as long

as they can,

lingering on like some

last gasp, dying cancer,

beginning with such promise,

only to shrivel up and

blow away like leaves

on the morning wind.

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