Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXVII: "the living and the dead"
the veil-thin line
between the living and the dead
each raindrop
and every US-made bomb
falls on rows of ripped tents
(FYI: The Canadian Press, Nov. 4: An Israeli strike on a Gaza tent camp kills at least 21 people
An Israeli strike on a tent camp housing displaced people in southern Gaza killed at least 21 people and wounded 28 on Wednesday, said the director of Nasser Hospital, Atif al-Hout, in the nearby city of Khan Younis)
For more information, see Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on Israel's Former Defense Minister's Assertion: IDF Ethnic Cleansing in North Gaza
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXVIII: "blank stare"
piles of rubble
cracked stoves, bottles, dusty trash heaps ...
all the way to the sea
the camera moves along
until it meets a girl's blank stare
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXIX: "the Grim Reaper"
the Grim Reaper stalks
a limping boy with no arms ...
his body knows
and the camera shows
in smoky twilight
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXX: "this bloody war"
eating once a day
in a tent the white-haired man
waits for Donald Trump
moaning, either he'll kill us
or he'll end this bloody war
(FYI: CBS News, Nov. 18: Palestinians' hopes and fears as Trump heads back to the White House
The question, Mustafa Barghouti said, is "how you stop the war? Do you stop it by annexing occupied territories? By ethnically cleansing Palestinians? Or do you stop the war by forcing Israel to end its illegal policy of settling Israelis on our land?")
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXXI: "bombing after bombing"
the red hot gust
of bombing after bombing ...
a headless doll drips blood
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXXII: "bomb after bomb"
bomb after bomb ...
autumn colors of the day
blown away
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXXIII: "Beirut's chill"
piles of rubble
a coffee and food trailer
in Beirut's chill
