Cock Stuffed in Mouth
(a war crime photo)

I came across
A photo of
Two decapitated
Heads with their
Own cocks
Stuffing their
Mouths
Like
Some
Holiday
Hen,
As the hollow
Eyes stare
Back at You                                                                                     
Vacantly
Mans utter
Barbarism
Is on file
Like the
Photo
Cataloging
Provides.
I tried to
Think of
Something
Beyond the
power of the
image.
I failed.
Sometimes
Photos
Truly tell
More than
anything
Words
Can
Say.
                                                  






Photo dated 1957, taken during the                                                  
French/Algerian war (1954-62). These                                              
two are believed to be Muslims who                                                
were French sympathizers.
Scan taken from a book documenting                                               
wartime atrocities.