On Imperialism

By Raza Ali Hasan

Proxies—pertinent, prominent, proximate—

impose war, sustain it.

The Empire ever absent and seemingly elsewhere—

evasive, persuasive, pervasive. Things are

this complicated.

Copyright Credit: Raza Ali Hasan, "On Imperialism" from Sorrows of the Warrior Class. Copyright © 2015 by Raza Ali Hasan. Reprinted by permission of Sheep Meadow Press.

Source: Sorrows of the Warrior Class (The Sheep Meadow Press, 2015)