new colonial

Newspaper flash

On the screen, fascination

Might be a hero,

might be a villain.

A steamroller crash

and the world is forgotten-

the voices of reason,

they fade and they hoarsen.

With newfound panache

nonchalant explanation

reasons variegated like

the roots of a banyan.

A homicide cache

the words chosen maudlin,

the future foreshadowed;

conclusion forgone.

A mendacious gnash,

grievous conflagration;

ethics and ambition

in haughty combustion.

Now lamentable ash

Brown powder like pollen

lauds victory, and beckons,

spread on newspaper fallen

brings the thunder,

brings a new colonial.