Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XCIII: "ceasefire now"
b l d
o
d r o
ps
waveafterwaveofprotesters
chanting CeaseFire Now
FYI: Haaretz, September 2: Israel's Blood-soaked Cabinet Won't Stop Unless Sunday's Powerful Protests Continue
Much like the hours following October 7, it is increasingly clear that Netanyahu is completely dysfunctional, and that his personal and political survival is a thousand times more important than the lives of the hostages.
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XCIV: "hostages"
hand-drawn portraits
of six hostages dripping blood ...
Crime Minister cutout
FYI: Each passing day is like a Russian roulette that Netanyahu is playing.
-- Einav Zangauker, father of a hostage
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XCV: "Hostage Square"
Hostage Square
row upon row of coffins draped
with Stars of David
Added: Game Show, 2024, LXIV
317 I's
in one single rally speech ...
a MAGA pin
on this young man's breast pocket
stained with oil paint
Added: Game Show, 2024, LXV
an alley stray barking
at its own echo ...
chants from afar of USA!
Added:
I open the window
to let out a summer fly ...
the silence falls
Added:
a silhouette
in the backstreet alley
this sultry night
her hand touches me there
where manhood once was
Added: This Brave New World, CXVI
The same old same old every day
in the school hallway
scream after scream cut off
by gunshots ...
thoughts and prayers, enough's enough
fade in the gathering dark
Make America
[Greatly] Sane Again ...
my ex-GOP friend
wipes his wrinkled eyes
between spasms of laughter
FYI: BBC News, September 5: How many US mass shootings have there been in 2024?
Mass shootings on the rise
There have been more than 385 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed. Their figures include shootings that happen in homes and in public places.
For each of the last four years there have been more than 600 mass shootings - almost two a day on average.
