VX Gas Attack
Skinny Puppy
VIVIsectVI (1988)

02 - VX Gas Attack

"Welcome to the morning news.
In its long and deadly war with Iraq,
Iran has repeatedly sought international condemnation of Baghdad's
alledged use of chemical weapons.
The Iranians have ??? the opportunity to make their case.
A city in eastern Iraq, recently occupied by Iranian forces,
(?captured ??? by the siege?), according to Iran,
the Iraqis bombed the city with chemical weapons.
After the defeat the Iranians said the attack killed more than four thousand civilians.
Welcome to the VX Gas Attack."

at ground zero
pro independence
heavier than air fumes

city of chemical
alleged
cyanide gas
on to karbala, on karbala
what is the difference between israel's plight
a belief in outside influence

like scalding water
a side effect of
their faces and lungs
burn
a sudden harsh smell
2 weeks after still
coughing and choking
livid skin blisters
burn often posters leaflets
nightly radio
and television programs
dead instructions in the use of such basic devices as
a damp tovel lined with charcoal
to be applied to the face and mouth
when the beep beep beep
gas attack warning signal

sounds the
dead were among
porcelain face of cloud of frozen
gas poison
jagged fragment

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