Saturday, May 17, 2025

 Towards the Writing of a

History of the Persecuted

“This is a belief system that is genocidal at its core and treasonous to the wonder and beauty of this world.”  Naomi Klein/Astra Taylor

DAY ONE

 

Day One: you wake in the womb only

to realise your destination

was destroyed – pogroms ago - by the dumb

acquiescence of the fearful and the ferocious greed

of the greedy

 

THE INTERLUDE

 

sad angels still whisper in your ear

 

you will wake in the womb only to realise

your destination was destroyed

 

by American, German, British, Italian & Indian weapons

by Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth killer fighter planes

by other stealth aircraft and British “reconnaissance” flights

by their costly missile defense programs

their Iron Dome, Arrow, and David's Sling systems

by Iron Dome air-defense missiles, small-diameter bombs

JDAM kits (“which convert unguided bombs into GPS-guided weapons”)

by “advanced weaponry such as CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters”

by KC-46 aerial refueling tankers

by laser-guided missiles for the Apache gunship fleet

by 155mm shells, night-vision devices, bunker-buster munitions

by shiny-new army vehicles

by the costly “components of air defense systems and communication equipment”

by thousands and thousands of portable anti-tank weapons

by almost a million (or more) rounds of ammunition for automatic or semi-automatic firearms

by even more helicopters and naval artillery

by the much-needed components for the F-35 child-killing-combat aircraft

by countless bombs, killer-torpedoes, ruthless-rockets, other explosive devices and charges

by related equipment and accessories (useful to maim, murder, burn,

bury-alive, imprison, disappear, rape and torture)

and don’t forget the Hyderabad-made Hermes “Killer” 900 drones

nor the tonnes of rocket engines, the extra tonnes of rockets

with explosive charges

thousands of kilos of cold-blooded explosive substances

thousands of pounds of charges and propellants for cannons

and more…and more… much more.

 

All soulless-malevolent-malicious-mean

pitiless and remorseless..." (Contd.)

 

Full Poem (& Links)

  • In an overview covering the period between 7 October 2023 and 7 May 2025, WHO reported 686 health attacks in the Gaza Strip, affecting 122 health facilities – including 33 hospitals damaged – and 180 ambulances. According to WHO, 910 people have been killed in these attacks, and 1,380 injured.
  • According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people – or about 90 per cent of the population – across the Gaza Strip have been displaced during the war. Many have been displaced repeatedly, some 10 times or more. Since the recent displacement orders were issued, more people have been forced to flee in search of safety.
  • Between 7 October 2023 and 14 May 2025, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, as stated by OCHA, at least 52,928 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in Gaza and 119,846 have been injured.
  • Nearly 300 UNRWA team members have been killed since 7 October 2023.

No comments: