Pre-Trek Poem

The Oppressed Immigrant Oppressor:

Dust and Ashes
Anti-Semitism, Zionism
Victims, Immigrants, Settlers

Why do Nations Fail?
Why do nations survive
Against all odds
Against all enemies
Just war, blood, and tears
Always under attack,
Now the pot’s calling the kettle black,
But unapologetic heroes are fascists
Forgive; never forget.

Burned down bridges; burned down Lydda
Sowed orange groves in Masada, but settlements spur Intifadas
Offer suicide notes: plant cherry orchards in Ofra

The promised land is unique, but it isn’t unique
The universe is unparalleled
Oppression, partition, refugees, disputed territory
The promised land is my motherland
Don’t forget from what you came
Morphed history is the opium of the masses
Oppressors are not welcome here.

Unsettle settlement meakness
End Laborer weakness
Find peace ceaseless
Say no to future bleakness.
But Shhhh… there are still many secrets