Manifesto Pt. 5
(None of this may not be true) (forgotten twice)
I know a terrorist
I sat in my house secretly
thinking uncharitable thoughts
Certain in my mind due to observation, gossip
and short, unwanted meetings
That the person who nobody thought was a terrorist
Was one
And I thought I could be a weirdo nutcase
Intolerant, pompous, paranoid
As I unobtrusively looked into
the trashcans outside the school every day
Knowing the terrorist had walked by
But I kept quiet
because I didn’t want anyone to know
my strange mind
Until the arrest for terrorism was made
I was so relieved, so thankful
I wanted to yell at everyone:
“See, I knew, why didn’t you?”
But I didn’t
Because I’m sitting in my house secretly
Thinking uncharitable thoughts
Not wanting anyone to know
my strange mind
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Ism (this IS true)
On June 5, 2017 John Robert Neumann Jr killed 5
at his former work place in Orlando (shot them in the head, some multiple times). Sheriff said it wasn’t an act of terror, Mayor tells citizens “if they see something abnormal, they need to say something.” For the victims’ families, it was “terrible.”, but they can console themselves, I guess, because it wasn’t “terrorism”.
I like the way the speaker’s “Thinking uncharitable thoughts” and being secretive feel like the seeds of terrorism.