RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GAZA
While We Looked Away
Obsessed with the president’s age
And a failed assassination
A celebration on the stage
A christening of the nation
And while we looked away
The Gaza annihilation
Accelerated every day
This is how our world runs
The revolving cycle of the news
That which titillates and stuns
It comes in threes and twos
And when we look away
We never have a clue
The ghouls come out to play
It’s sad but it is true
Keep your eyes on the prize
The demons never rest
Through all the righteous lies
We will welcome our new guest
And while we look away
The destruction of Gaza
Proceeds every day
Like a story from a tragic book
A tale of blood and rage
We do not want to look
At the horrors of our age
So when we look away
We know what they will do
In Gaza and Ukraine
It’s sad but it is true
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