Tell Hamas, "Thank You!"
Originals: Poetry
I’m indie writer Teague de La Plaine, author of the bestselling Sea at Sunrise and other stories. This is my weekly newsletter, where I talk about writing and self-publishing in addition to my own life. I keep the newsletter free, because I prefer you spend your money on my books.
And Palestine lamented:
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Thank you for the bombs
That level our homes
That level our hospitals
That reduce our mosques to rubble
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Thank you for the tanks
That fire on our cars
That fire on our schools
That burn our hopes and dreams
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Thank you for the guns
That tear our lives apart
That tear our hearts to pieces
That ruin any chance we had for peace
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Shout it from the dust
Yell it amidst the rubble
Call out from the debris and destruction
“Thank you! Thank you, Hamas!
The ruin of Palestine rests on your shoulders!”
And Israel cheered:
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Thank you for the opportunity
To set the world right
To set the future on track
To correct the course of history
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Thank you for the terror
That scared us from complacency
That frightened us into action
That prodded awake a sleeping bear
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Thank you for opening
The way for us forward
The way for us to triumph
The path to the shining light on the hill
Tell Hamas, “Thank you!”
Scream it to their faces
Cry it to their corpses
Bellow from the desolation left in our wake
“Thank you! Thank you, Hamas!
The ascendancy of Israel rests on your shoulders!”
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