Middle East Time Warp
ultimate irony
Gaza’s uprising
a ghetto’s last gasp towards
freedom, like Warsaw’s
dystopia
the world in free fall
i try to find the handbrake
to stop the heart ache
vicious circle
war does not beget
peace, but dark monstrosities
grief, trauma and hate
which engender sinister
poisons and seeds for the next
asymmetric warfare
from the safety of my place
i assign labels: ‘splinter’ goes to
rock, ‘beam’ to 12000 bombs
post truth
apocalypse is
to sink into lawlessness
torn, war(ped) and twisted
polemics
screaming excuses
hurtling blame shame smear weapons
justifications
lies unleash cacophony
the inevitable hits
hope
as i clean my bathroom floor
i wish my brush is scrubbing out all
pain and stain of endless war
that from the rubble may arise no
hatred, from the ruin only calm
from the river to the sea
may the gods of wrath
on their patriarchal thrones
be deposed, undone