08 March 2016

THE ZIONIST WALL

THE ZIONIST WALL  
© Farouk Asvat  

The Zionist Wall is a living thing:
It brings death to the people of Palestine
     It comes with soldiers
     That massacre grandfathers in the streets
     It comes with bulldozers
     That destroy grandmothers in their homes

The Zionist Wall is a breathing thing:
It brings death to the Muslims of Palestine
     It comes with tanks
     That blast fathers to kingdom come
     It comes with white phosphorous
     That burns mothers to a living hell

The Zionist Wall is a living thing:
It brings death to the people of Palestine
     It comes with living clusters
     That kill children in the fields
     It comes with active uranium
     That contaminates babies in their prams

The Zionist Wall is a breathing thing:
It brings destruction to the Christians of Palestine
     It consumes orange trees and olive branches
     It slithers into crèches and clinics
     It slides into homes and orchards
     It destroys lives and livelihoods

The Zionist Wall is not a dead thing:
It brings death to the people of Palestine.
     It comes with helicopter gunships
     That shoot children playing in the streets
     It comes with military aircrafts
     That bomb mothers praying in their homes

The Zionist Wall is not a dead thing:
It brings death to the Jews of Israel.
     It comes with sacrificial bombers
     Who blow up buses and restaurants
     It comes with suicidal martyrs
     Who obliterate school children and rabbis

The Zionist Wall is not a dead thing:
It brings death to the people of Israel.
     It shoots down ambulances and schools by day
     It blows up shops and hospitals by night
     It comes with dreams of paradise and virgins
     It leaves behind orphans and widows

The Zionist Wall is a weeping wall:
     Those who lived and died in concentration camps
     Now create concentration camps
     For the living and the dead

The Zionist Wall is a weeping wall:
     Those who died and survived a holocaust
     Now create a holocaust
     For the living and the dead

The Zionist Wall is a wailing wall
     For the living and the dead of Palestine

The Zionist Wall is a wailing wall
     For the living and the dead of Israel

The Zionist Wall is a wailing wall
     For the living and the dead of the world


© farouk asvat

● "I enjoyed your beautiful and heartfelt poems, especially "The Zionist Wall"." 
     § Ramzy Baroud 

composed: 17.01.2009 [johannesburg, south africa under new apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:
The Zionist Wall was previously published in:
     I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p64, 2015);
     https://richardfalk.org/ (global justice in the 21st century) (09.03.2016).
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

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