RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GAZA
Disproportionate Retribution
During the October 7th outrage
Hundreds were taken as hostages
Men were tortured and women raped
Thirteen hundred innocents were killed
In the ensuing war against Palestine
Nearly 40 thousand Gazans died
Nine thousand West Bank Palestinians
taken as leverage or punishment
Men and children beaten; women raped
Journalists killed and detained
Martial law is in effect
Israeli soldiers do as they please
Those who live in the Gaza Strip
Have been pushed from north to south
where they are cornered and trapped
Displaced from their homes
They run, they hide, the beg for mercy
Yet Israel has none to give
Netanyahu has executed mercy
Netanyahu has extinguished good will
Netanyahu has exterminated hope
At best it is disproportionate retribution
At worst it is genocide
At least it is unforgivable sin
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