Thursday, March 20th, 2003 02.30 GMT

remember the clotted blood
that marks the wounds
cleaved by the "liberator"
in innocent flesh
of young martyrs
sent under pressure
to the fields to requite
the leader of "civilized states"
trying with blind power
to dominate the wells
of black blood
to pump it into
his own nation
in by short-sightedness
caused wounds