I AM A WARLORD!

 

I am a Hustler

I am a Holy Man

 

I am a Marine

I am a Moryaan

 

I am a Dottore

I am a Driver

 

I am: what I wannabe

 

I am a Warlord

 

I prey on the weak

Steal from the poor

Rob from the dead

 

Kill and rape

Pillage and burn

 

I am a Warlord!

 

I inject pain

Administer sorrow

 

I Relish the agony of grieving mothers

The lament of defeated fathers

The vanishing glimpse of a wasted child

 

I am a Warlord!

 

I am a locust

I chew on cables and concrete

Munch on signatures of history

Wreck havoc on monuments and museums

 

Harvest gold and silver from the dead

 

I am a Warlord!

 

I am a bulldozer

I destroy and devastate

Steal the gifts of God

Harvest the birds and the bees

Poison the seas

Cut the trees

 

I Cultivate hunger and hate

 

I am a Warlord!

 

I Sow and sell substance that kill

Peddle doomed aspirin to cousins and kin

Trade dead-trees carcasses to Shaytaans and Sheikhs

 

I am a Warlord

 

When implored to stop

Told not to kill and steal

Not to destroy and rape

Told not to reap the wrath of God

 

I shrug and laugh

Roar and roll

Peek at my crystal ball

See an enemy bleep

 

I flash my clan card

Put on my Reer ¹ jacket

Peek at my crystal ball

And yell

 

Tola=eey! Tola=eey! ²

 

Cousins and kin!

Sons of mighty men of yore!

In Mogadishu and Minnesota

 

Resist and fight!

The enemy is near!

The end is here!

 

I am a Warlord

 

When the dust settles

And the dough is down

The bullet scarce

 

I flash the peace sign

Murmur verses from the Quraan

Don my three-piece suit

 Jump on a plane

 

And call upon the Man

 

I am a Warlord!

 

When I return to my den

I return to what I do best

 

Prey on the weak

Steal from the poor

Rob from the dead

Kill and rape

Pillage and burn

 

I am a Warlord!  J J J

Do you love me?