POETRY | PALESTINE

Poem: It’s Simple, Really

The Dirty Works of Gen. O’Sid Rehabilitation

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On the eve of the Gaza ceasefire,
The world jubilantly anticipating,
I was gripped with foreboding,
At the unholy trade impending, …

Logo of BDS Movement (public domain)

It’s Simple, Really

They’re selling bombs!
They’re selling bombs!
They’re selling more than bombs!

They’re selling guns
They’re selling tanks
Airplanes, radars, rockets
They’re selling drones

They’re selling cameras,
Fences, Surveillance
Reconnaissance
Walls
They’re selling an Iron Dome

They’re selling chips
Computers, tech, software, hacking,
Intrusion, AI
They’re selling Police
brutality and torture

They’re selling prisons!
I repeat,
They’re selling PRISONS