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Poem: Jailors Jubilee as Israel Triumphs
Jailors Jubilee as Israel Triumphs
By Genevieve Cora Fraser
Palestine
Raw
as nerves
Exhales as Hamas
Withdraws its
militants
Off Gaza streets
In a show of
solidarity
Palestinians
Up against the Wall
Brace
for another
Twist of Fate
Slated for execution
By
Western Powers
Plotting their downfall
Banks closed
to charity
Borders closed by hate
Palestine
ancient and profound
Has evolved in stages
Through Wisdom’s Gate
Conquered and mandated
From
pagan
To Hebrew, Christian
To Islam born anew
A
ladder to the stars
Under which vast humanity
Dwells
up against the Wall
Cast into Hell
Vestiges of
civilization
Under virulent attack
Bent on
Power’s
Supremacy
No clemency
Hearts of
stone
As the Olive Tree
Grows nurtured
By rivulets
of blood
So the Battle
goes
Eternally
Pitting hatred
Against
love
Fascism on the rise
As Democracies fall
The
line in the sand
Is Palestine
Israel the
jailor
Has come to
call
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