Tag: Kevin Higgins poem about Kissinger

  • Homage to Henry Kissinger

    When Henry Kissinger again fails to die

    Another tree in the Central Highlands loses all its leaves
    A girl sits on a visiting diplomat’s lap
    Someone organises a Nelson Rockefeller look-alike party
    which Henry Kissinger attends
    An election result somewhere is declared null and void for its own good
    An interrogating officer switches on the electricity
    A government spokesman interrupts his denial to wish Dr Kissinger well
    Another tin of Heinz baked beans is sold in China
    and the CEO personally thanks Henry Kissinger
    A ginger cat named Agent Orange leaps down off the garden wall
    A baby slides from the womb with a surprise third arm

    When Henry Kissinger again fails to die:
    A ginger cat named Agent Orange leaps back onto its garden wall
    A government we didn’t like is overthrown in a military coup,
    welcomed by the European Union
    A hut is set on fire for the greater good,
    the European Union calls for an inquiry
    Someone dies of politically necessary starvation
    but that someone is never Henry Kissinger
    A bomb is dropped on someone whose name you’ll never have to pronounce
    because it’s not Henry Kissinger

    For its birthday, a baby gets Spina bifida
    A Bengali family have all their arms sawn off.
    Fifty bodies topple into the sea off Indonesia
    but none of them are Henry Kissinger
    Each time Henry Kissinger again fails to die