Dragon's Teeth

[Grant]

Ferlenghetti was one of the "Beat" poets, heroes of the Counter Culture even before the hippies. He is now 87, living in San Francisco.

'Dragon's Teeth'
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 2003


A
headless man is running
down the street

He is carrying his head

in his hands

A woman runs after him

She has his heart

in her hands

The bombs keep falling

sowing hate

And they keep running

down the streets

Not the same two people

but thousands of others & brothers

All running

from the bombs that keep falling

sowing pure hate

And for every bomb that's dropped

up spring a thousand Bin Ladens

a thousand new terrorists

Like dragon's teeth sown

From which armed warriors sprang up

Crying for blood

As the smart bombs sowing hate

Keep falling and falling and falling


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