For Two

There was a cruel cackle
and a raucous roar
as I slayed my winnowing, wailing child
for two, the broken and the lucid

There sounded a cruel cackle
and a raucous roar
as I burned a poor, pure man at the stake
for two, the broken and the lucid

There blew a cruel cackle
and a raucous roar
as I held myself haughty hostage
for two
I, the broken and I, the lucid

This poem appeared first on the online publication Invisible Illness.

UAE labels 85 organisations and movements worldwide as ‘terrorist groups’

In a bold and sweeping move yesterday, the United Arab Emirates published online through its Emirates News Agency a list of 85 organisations and movements worldwide, now labelled as ‘terrorist’ groups.

Some are expected – like Islamic State and al-Qaeda – but some choices have stunned Europe.

See the full reach of the announcement:

Data source: Emirates News Agency (WAM), Google spreadsheet embedded below:

The announcement bore no further explanation or reasoning, leaving too much room for speculation.