{"id":16678,"date":"2024-04-08T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/two-poems-on-the-genocide-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:37:32","slug":"two-poems-on-the-genocide-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/two-poems-on-the-genocide-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems on the genocide in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

93n0c1d3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

by Michal Lowkain<\/em><\/p>\n

a friend from my youth
is a zionist
he loves building
idf models
including bulldozers
the originals are used
to destroy
palestinian homes<\/p>\n

and hopes<\/p>\n

and lives<\/p>\n

i asked him
is there a figurine of
rachel corrie attached?
no it wasn\u2019t
no little houses or
little palestinians
either<\/p>\n

but you can
always use your
genocidal imagination
can\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

we\u2019re less and less
attached<\/p>\n

same with
another one
who\u2019s becoming
more and more
white and
right now
israeli apartheid
warms the cockles
of his heart<\/p>\n

and what about
your hobby
during
the genocide?<\/p>\n

you need to be careful though
as many around do not like
this word
you could be attacked
or at least caught
by algorithms
and banned<\/p>\n

93n0c1d3
93n0c1d3
93n0c1d3<\/p>\n

of course it\u2019s nothing
compared with being
bombed starved
mutilated and wiped out
in genocidal attacks<\/p>\n

genocide
genocide
genocide<\/p>\n

i was supposed to
write a poetic poem but
i\u2019m writing this instead<\/p>\n

apartheid israel
murders civilians in gaza<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

IT\u2019S GENOCIDE!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"michal
\u2003
hey everyone would rather prefer garlic than white phosphorus in their dishes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

by Michal Lowkain<\/em><\/p>\n

gaza
stripped
of
water
food
electricity
(we
must
take
the
power
back
anyway)
homes
rights
dignity<\/p>\n

stripped
of
children
stripped
of
childhood<\/p>\n

naked
blindfolded
damaged
mutilated
colonised
displaced
murdered
ignored
ridiculed<\/p>\n

reduced
to
rubble<\/p>\n

yes
we\u2019re
quite
busy
here
we\u2019re
staying
occupied<\/p>\n

and you
israel
what\u2019s your plan?<\/p>\n

we\u2019re the victims<\/p>\n

so<\/p>\n

let\u2019s kill them all
nakba them again
send them anywhere
to egypt
to the sea
to the moon
or a black hole
(our yankee friends
could be of assistance)<\/p>\n

we can see
no civilians
on the streets
playgrounds
in hospitals
schools
or prams<\/p>\n

so<\/p>\n

let\u2019s kill them
human animals
gas arabs
gas gaza
bomb them
boom boom boom
again and again
or just
starve them
all in all
they love their
hunger strikes<\/p>\n

and besides<\/p>\n

we love the smell of
white phosphorus
and their mourning<\/p>\n

Both images above are by Michal Lowkain<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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