I Don'T Want To Know

No, I don’t want to know About the front page news; The rape of my sister by her boss; The castration of the social worker By his fleeing wife; The beheading of the son of The farmer at the door of rain god; Or, my wife’s adventure with The servant in the forest bungalow; No, I don’t want to know. The child bomb let loose by the terrorists; The hot iron burning the vaginas in the camps; Tearing of wombs of women Going to rallies for emancipation; The dumping of my daughter In a drain, her virginity and kidneys stolen; No, I don’t want to know. The names written in blood At the walls of the hotels; About the heart rending cries Of the old men, begging for life; About the dark skeletons Picking puffed rice in the drains; Yes, I know; But I don’t want to know.