Genocide

Speak

The sheer savagery
Of the butchers of Gaza
Leaves me speechless
But speechlessness
Is not an option
If we are not to
Normalise Genocide

History’s Forgiveness

In attempting to
Describe the carnage
From the River to the Sea
Words fail me;
Yet these failing words
Must be made to serve:

An Admonitory Letter

(from the president of the USA to the prime minister of Israel)

Hey Benji
Don’t kill so many civilians
It’s giving me a bad name
And here are the bombs
Not to kill them with

Rizwan’s Query

It takes a village to raise a child
They say.
It takes the whole world 
Acting in concert
To destroy childhood:
Some of us looking away
Some of us cheerleading
A few of us, admittedly, doing our best 
To do our best

A Day in the Life of

I wake up in the morning,
Brush my teeth and
A child in Gaza is murdered
I brew myself a cup of coffee,
Drink it and
A child in Gaza is murdered
I water the plants
In the garden and
A child in Gaza is murdered
I make myself some breakfast,
Eat it and
A child in Gaza is murdered

A Prayer

I envy you
Who go to school:
I never did.
I envy you
Your breakfast
Your lunch
Your dinner
I envy you
Your quatayef

Fair Game

A few twigs, some paper
Glue and string:
For a little while
Kids in Rafah
Though earthbound
Let their kites
And their dreams
Soar high

Two Psychos

Benjy and Joe
Are just two psychos
Who’ve risen to the top of the heap
They kill and they maim
And others they blame
They really are unmentionable bleep