"america, hello.
you will never kill me. nor will i ever die.
why you say? because i never existed.
that's why.
i'm an illusion. a figment of your imagination.
and i'm everywhere. under your bed. behind that tree. over those hills. i'm in kurdestan. in basra. on a barge in the jordan river. and in a saudi minaret. calling the faithful to prayer.
and i'm nowhere at all.
not in fallujah nor haditha or hit. nor do i have an appointment in samarra.
and i'm certainly not in the baghdad morgue.
so cold, so still, so dead.
sorry. i hope you're not disappointed.
but as a consoleation, i'll live on in your minds.
which is where i've always been".