I am going to post a poem about Khashoggi. I wrote it today.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Veneer

we say we’re
civilized
we know the fork to use,
where the salad sits
and the dessert
and the main dish

we say we’re polite the way we were raised
hello and goodbye it was nice to see you take care
of yourself please

we say we’re well educated at least high school, probably college
well maybe trade school or the armed services works too doesn’t it

We vote, we talk, we work, we .........live.

Skin is veneer.
It shields us, shows others who we pretend to be, hides our faults and sins
if you could strip it off what you would see –

just how civilized we pretend to be
when we
kill
injure
maim
or

torture


One finger at a time
then the arms
then the legs
then his
head


he was alive through all that, screaming his pain his horror his
grief at this betrayal

it did not end till they severed his
head

our skin is
just a veneer
for our evil deeds
thoughts
actions


they wore headphones for music.....

[Hekate]

1. Oh, Peggy...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I thank you, my dear Hekate...

[dmoyer]

3. wow

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I appreciate your "wow" my dear dmoyer...

[SHRED]

4. 😥😥😥😭

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I hear you, my dear SHRED.

[The Wielding Truth]

7. Oh, Peggy. It is a horrible thing that was done and the President is excusing it. I despise all the

things that are done by him as our President. I'm sure the UN and human rights leaders here and around the world will act to bring the Saudi Prince and those involved in this heinous act to their just rewards.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I hope there will be justice done...but I really doubt it.

[MLAA]

9. Well done, dear calpeggy. Right to the heart of the matter.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thank you so much, my dear MLAA! This is what I'd hoped to do.

[dobleremolque]

11. Over my lifetime,

I can count less than a dozen instances when I finished reading something followed by a moment of stunned, silent, reflective, almost sacred and absorbed contemplation.

And I'm 70+ years old.

This was one of them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Thank you for your kind words, my dear dobleremolque...

You honor my work and me. I am deeply touched.

[Duppers]

19. You well-articulated my feelings too.

Folks should read this!

A second *Bravo!* for our wonderful and brilliant CalPeg.

[joshcryer]

12. Well done.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Thank you, my dear joshcryer...

[The_jackalope]

13. There is such uncompromising power in your words.

Brava!!!

I'm glad you live in the USA, not the KSA.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Thank you, my dear jackalope! Very kind of you.

I'm glad to be living here too.

[Duppers]

14. Wow! Brilliant. Moving.

Am sending out a link to your poem, Peggy.

We see beneath the veneer and feel a deep sorrow and anguish about others

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thank you so much, my dear Duppers!

We do feel it, all of it.......and wish it were not so.