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... fool or monster ... |
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24 in X 32 in. |
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Digital painting. |
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This painting shows George W. Bush just before announcing
the invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003. In the background are
images of US soldiers soon to be killed in Iraq as a result of
his actions.
This painting was inspired by the poem "Reflection"
by David Ray.
Exhibited at Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, March
2006. |
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REFLECTION
Our leader is a hollow man they say,
wooden-headed and not very bright,
misled by others who are Machiavellian,
while he is not. Yet he is the man
who gives orders, and when he does
many die, and they are just as dead
as if a great warrior had downed them.
But to the dead does it matter what manner
of fool or monster --- charming or crude ---
sent them their deaths, using weapons
fueled by enough propaganda to lift
great planes and missiles off the ground
and send them in graceful flight around the earth.
Copyright 2004 by David Ray
From "The Death of Sardanapalus & Other Poems of
the Iraq Wars" by David Ray which is available at
www.howlingdogpress.com |