VX Gas Attack

at ground zero 
pro independence 
heavier than air fumes 
city of chemical 
alleged 
cyanide gas 
on to karbala

what is the difference between israel's plight 
a belief in outside influence 

like scalding water 
a side effect of 
their faces and lungs 
burn 
a sudden harsh smell 
2 weeks after still 
coughing and choking 
livid skin blisters 
burn often 

posters leaflets 
nightly radio 
and television programs 
dead [bad word] in the use 
of such basic devices 
as a damp towel 
lined with charcoal 
to be applied to the face and mouth 
when the beep beep beep gas attack 
warning signal sounds

the dead were among 
porcelain face 
of cloud of frozen gas poison 
jagged fragment 
jew 
iranian 
iraqi bombs sun 
the first cyanide gas warning 
vx nerve gas