Vulnerability

They accidentally realized
That I had reached the age
Of retirement;
That they had won a battle;
That they could take the reins;
And that they could celebrate.

poem by Boghos Artinian
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You're not a dog

Lying on my couch
I hear the distant barks
of a dog.
I try to answer it as best I can,
being only human.
My dog starts nudging me
with his snout, and wags his tail,
almost certainly meaning,
'don't try to fool me-
I know you're not a dog! '

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Unwitting-vehicle bomber

The perpetrators were terrorists sly,

For they chose someone who didn't love to die;

A spinster who happened to work at a site

They wanted to penetrate and ignite!

While she slept they booby trapped her car,

And next morning they watched the embassy afar.

When her car, unchecked, entered the compound

They blew it up; just bits of her were found.

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