Chaos Dressed as a Company Mascot

Her sunny apartment in the quiet
suburbs, besieged –
the presidential palace – a society
in which women shine into endless
violence –
chaos dressed as his company’s mascot—
superhero anxieties about Iran’s
growing influence, burst
into
tears relegated to the overburdened
deputy crown prince.
“We are doomed,” she said.
At least in the short term.

Derived from Foreign Affairs articles Abenomics Meets Womenomics and The Houthis Test King Salman

 

Hard Core Women

One thing is missing –
the whole theater of
women
in torture reporting –
ISIS, controlled.
Going to be killed?
Is time really on our side?
Victims—of both genders – have been presented.
Protect the country’s
women –
from the hard core.

Derived from Foreign Affairs articles The Torture Reports Missing Victims and Ready for War with ISIS?