After Cecilia Vicuña & Layli Long Soldier
The root of terrorism is terror
Etymologically derived from
The Spanish word tierra // Meaning land
Or maybe // The root of terrorism is error
Etymologically derived from
The Greek // Err // Meaning to be incorrect
Or maybe we err about the etymology
Maybe we’re wrong // To think terrorism means
One who exists incorrectly on this land
In Spanish the word terrorism becomes terrorismo
Terremoto is a slant rhyme // & An earthquake
A shaking of the land
You change the suffix
The noun can become a verb // Terrorizing
For example // Police are terrorizing our people
Or the tense can be changed to the past // Terrorized
For example // On this land // Our people were
Terrorized by police // By ICE
Is it writers only // Who obsess over punctuation
The question mark // So cute in curiosity
Question // Who do we call terrorist & why