23 | "The leak" [pantoum]

Intelligence agencies note   the war in Iraq
inspires new generations of Islamist terrorists
administration officials play down the shock
Sister Leonella expires pronouncing "forgiveness"
inspires new generations of Islamist terrorists
isn't this piddling piffle a piss in the ear?
Sister Leonella expires pronouncing "forgiveness"
Vatican announces   victory of love made clear

isn't this piddling piffle a piss in the ear?
sixteen intelligence agencies' secret is leaked
Vatican announces   victory of love made clear
mouse can't explain why cheese in trap hasn't squeaked
sixteen intelligence agencies' secret is leaked
autumn commences   midterm campaigns heat up
mouse can't explain why cheese in trap hasn't squeaked
providence provides a way for all creatures to sup

autumn commences   midterm campaigns heat up
day in   day out   opinions are traded in snippets
providence provides a way for all creatures to sup
cheese is comprised of proteins dispersed in lipids
day in   day out   opinions are traded in snippets
if facts are a hazard   the leak is stab in the back
cheese is comprised of proteins dispersed in lipids
intelligence agencies note the war in Iraq



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The poem's first stanza is primarily constructed (with a few modifications) from sentences heard in a 5:00 a.m. Monday radio news report (not including line 6).
Sister Leonella was a nun in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed, some allege, by members of an Islamist faction (where media reports quote speculation about a possible connection with irate Moslem responses to recent Papal remarks).

This is no. 23 in a sequence, Early Autumn Pantoums