Poem for #FreedomFlotilla : "Rachel, They're At It Again."

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Rachel, they’re at it again.

it’s been over seven years
since they bulldozed you
dead. then yesterday,
Memorial Day, they attacked
nautical vessels trying
to break the inhumane blockade
on Gaza (one of the ships
even bore your name). Rachel,
Israel is out of control
and it doesn’t appear like
anyone is able to stop them.

the world is raging while the
President holds back his words
until he “gets all the facts.”
fuck the facts, and fuck Israel
storming unarmed flotillas
in international waters
lawless and thirsting for blood.

well, they got it, and inside
the beast that feeds this monster
it’s the second story on
corporate news, behind
the hemorrhaging gash
killing the gulf. they may see
themselves as wolves
mandated by god to claim
their holy patch of dirt
but i see dangerous assholes
in an evil struggle to own
as much as possible before
the lights go out.


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Poem by "lizard" of  www.amerikandetritus.com  - 
reposted from the forum at lespeakeasy.org with the author's permission