Bibliography: BIB32157

Key	BIB32157
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	The Utopian Wars
Journal	American Poetry Review (Philadelphia, PA)
Author	Lux, Thomas
Year	2008
Date	Mar.–Apr. 2008
Issue	2
Volume	37
Abstract	Amish raiding party attacks a Quaker settlement at Muddy Crossing, killing first the Quaker ferryman (who is drunk and never awakes until midstream to find an Amish man tying an anvil to his neck) befre reaching the village and killing dozens, quietly at first, by blade an hatchet (hoping to blame the savages), and burning nothing as they work their way toward the center of town. Kill on the way in, burn on the way out. In the hills, meanwhile, the Buddhists quick-change from bright orange to camo robes, point thir howitzers eastward where they know the Episcopalians milk cobras to tip their arrows and fill their bullets' hollow-points. The Baha'i sit back and sharpen their knives and saws. The wily Mennonites withdraw, their leaders meeting for three days in upstate New York, while at the same time the few remaining Jains turn their cheeks to reveal slashed and bloody jaws from the last time they turned their cheeks.
Language	English
Keywords	POETRY; RELIGION; CONFLICT
Pages	23–24
Legal note	11.