torture done in our names is not going to go away

                             

TORTURE AMERICA

It's not going to go away,
However much you might want it to.

It's not going to go away,

the acts of sexual humiliation, the "stress positions," the "walling,"
the months, years of solitary confinement, the "waterboarding,"

the photos of the pyramid of naked bodies, the wired, hooded man on a box,
the man cowering from an attacking dog, the man dragged by a leash,

These are not going to go away.

the attempts to legalize, the Geneva Conventions deemed "quaint,"
"if it does not result in serious physical injury," "organ failure," "death,"

the lies of Condoleeza Rice, "the United States does not engage in torture,"
the lies of Donald Rumsfeld, "a few bad apples,"
the lies of George W. Bush,  "We do not torture."

These are not going to go away.

the torture testimonies of prisoners negating fair trials,
the calls for accountability from institutions and persons of integrity
are not going to go away.

Oh, yes, we know, we know,
We face so many problems right now.

Many of those you will address and some will be solved
Through your brilliance and commitment.

But this, this will not be solved, and this will not go away;

This destruction of our reputation as a nation of laws,
These sickening, heinous, inhuman acts done in your name and our names,
This criminal betrayal of America,

This is not going to go away.

INVESTIGATE, INDICT, IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE, IN THE NAME OF AMERICA

Mary O'Leary McGlinn 

posted at themcglynn.com/theliberal.net