About a year ago, the government released a report on types of "torture" that had been used in the last administration. This poem is a reaction to the more "humorous" aspects of that report.
If Insects Wore Footwear
Christopher Bogart
Recently, swarms of memos,
Tales of the torture of terrorists,
Came flying from the headquarters
Of the CIA.
There was “grasping”, and “walling’,
And “firm facial holding”
“face slapping”, “cramped confinement”
the ever-popular “water boarding”
“sleep deprivation” and “insects in a box”…
Insects in a box!
Now I know that the CIA
Has been bugging for years,
But insects?
As torture?
Whatever happened to the rack,
And then the ruin,
The iron maiden,
The thumb screw? Who knew
That good old drawing and quartering
Would be replaced by bee keeping?
Drones?
Hey, Fly Boy!
Be careful! I’m packing a dung beetle!
And it’s loaded!!
And what about “boots on the ground?”
I could put 5000 boots on the ground
With just 50 centipedes.
That is…
If insects actually wore footwear.
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