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The Mother of All ...
By pianist93fringe
14 February 2006

I thought the metaphor of a suicide bomber as a pregnant woman might work. Not really sure whether it does. What does anyone else think?

Last line is taken from another poem and is what set it off (sorry!)


In the shadow of a greater power
the woman knew her time would come
her headscarf veils vast falling flowers.

In luminous certainty of the dream
expanding clouds cannot obscure
her voice; tasting acrid fear now she screams

not hatred for ‘Great Satan' but for joy.
Wide hips carry the hidden child,
breasts bulge with plastic beauty for the boys -

‘All American' soon to meet the fate -
her birth pangs and a different war,
her body bursting in another place.

So now she waits full-term-primed for the fight
pregnancy paused, shortly to shatter
the gentle comfort of the night.

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Mother of all
Written by Pythagoras (11 comments posted) 15th February 2006
It reads very well, dramatic, sad .Why 'Great Satan'?
Great Satan
Written by pianist93fringe (3 comments posted) 15th February 2006
Refers to U.S.A. used by some Muslims.

Written by goingtothedogs (58 comments posted) 22nd May 2007
Interesting metaphor..... can't decide if it actually works for me. 
 
Not a problem using a line or two from somewhere else, just so long as you acknowledge it as you have done.

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