To the casual glance nothing is apparent
that might distinguish them from anyone
else who might be in a room, on a street
in the news other than, for a seasoned
observer a tenseness in the tight creases
on their faces while closer inspection reveals
eyes that appear devoid of spirit; a deadly
demeanor hinted by the rictus smile
permitted to pass swiftly over a stern face.
All the orifices and observational senses
endowed by nature seem present in those
garbed as anyone else until they speak and
their focus reveals them as relentless killers
whose message resonates for their followers
who take up their challenge of martyrdom
in the greater interests of achieving fame and
glory in the afterworld. The sacrifice viewed as
heroic, a death for many deaths, instilling in the
faithful the certainty that homage to scriptures
bestowed by an Almighty unseen, ubiquitous
and powerful requires their unalloyed loyalty
in the commission the Angel of Death has set
before them. Remorseless, they rise to the task.
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