10/7 Hot Political Takes From The People
May we declare less and inquire more, oh Lord.
Ah, sweet broquan: my first version of this was comically self-righteous. Worse: my sentences were too deep and doomed—like those Barbarian tunnels. In the end, what follows is just poems. Their big, bolded titles are the lightly modified hot takes of real people commenting on Palestine and Israel in the context of October 7th.
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I Am Not Down with Hamas. I Am Not Down With Death To America.
I struggle with america in the present—
I struggle with america in the past—
I struggle with america in the future—
I see that 12.5 million wrongs
must be made right—
I see that death brings life.
I Feel Like You Are Getting Into Something Which is A Double Standard
I saw images of the attacks
on October 7th, 2023—
supplied by Israelis.
Brutal.
Then I stumbled
into the deep hole
of the Israeli approach
stretching across time
and space.
Biased or brutal—
Which describes your moral core
on May 27th, 2024?
The Promise Was to Sara.
Isn’t the mystery just that
“Gentiles are fellow heirs,
members of the same body,
and partakers of the promise
in Christ Jesus
through the gospel”
Question mark.
The Guy Says Nothing Religious. He Talks Super Simply. “My Fam is Dead, My Home is a Wreck. Congrats On Your “Empowerment”.
Don’t some people
just weaponize
religion as quick as
absent fathers
become the root cause
Of an emptied
firing chamber
in a school filled
with little children?
Have you ever
Had dreams
For our little children?
Shouldn’t The Muslim World Already Be Anti-Fuckin’-Nike?—since It’s All Made From Like Slave Labor in China, AKA—the Weegurs Over There?
Can I say Wee-grr?—
sounding like a frozen
slur in my mouth.
I listened to this podcast
called Digital Sisterhood.
Uyghur.
The DL on Uyghur vibrancy.
Why do the Muslim countries
say nothing?
Have they, too,
fallen to the lure of
upmarket sinners,
crass and disturbing
in their reds, whites, and blues—
And your thoughts on the matter, good sir?
And your feelings on the matter, dear lady?
And what of our nuclear spoils to be had?
I Keep Thinking About “Forgoing Your Right To Comfort”
I moved to Europe to be
comfortable
—in heart and humanity—
Give up my rights for the life of Hind?
Quit Big Macs—
forefiet delicious sin—
for a lost child starved
to death
in his 2nd year?
No.
I won’t go back—
That’s clear—
not even if it meant
that a young Palestinian
(born on my birthday, same day, same year)
might have been able
to hold his new wife dear.
If You Don’t Vote For [Biden] Conservatives Will Take Over
Would a pure conservative policy
save me? Insure me?
Would a democratic policy obscure me?—
Unfurl me like a new carpet
walk over me, soil me—
Then ask me if I’m free?
They did it to MLK. They Did it to JFK. If You Try To Fight Back They Will Kill You.
MLK.
JFK.
OJG.
I’m Jewish, but I’m not religious. I don’t really practice it. I’ve been to Israel so many times though. I’m on the side of the innocents. Where innocent people are, that’s where I stand.
When the innocents are dead,
Who do I stand against?
Am Yisrael?
עם ישראל
Eretz Yisrael?
ארץ ישראל
Medinat Israel?
מדינת ישראל
In amerika, the chosen people
are exempt from accountability,
our innocents are shot down
in the daylight—
And you can sit with us
Under the North American sun
And be happy & light.
If your great-grandmother was born in Jerusalem, then she was Israeli, not Palestinian. I’m not Israeli but my family is and I’ve been there like 8 times and I always just thought that every city there was Israeli because that’s what I was told.
During the end of days,
The moon splits into 8 pieces
of scrumptious amerikan pie.
Yeah—well. People die every day.
I passed by
two identical brothers bonsai.
I cut the first dead—
left the second in its stead.
Said the first
To the second
Upon his dying day:
All Bonsai die
in their own organic way.
I mourn you—
I mourn your right to your way.
I curse the inorganic theft
of your death day.
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Image Sources:
Jacob wrestles angel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_wrestling_with_the_angel
Death to America pamphlet photo: https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/death-to-america-pro-palestine-pamphlets-allegedly-handed-out-at-university-of-michigan-israel-gaza-hamas-middle-east-conflict-ceasefire-terrorism-encampment-student-protests
MOVE bombing: https://www.inquirer.com/move-bombing/
biblical republic image: https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-richardson/biblical-republic-adherents-christian-nationalism-reject-central-premise-democracy/
Uyghur photo: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/10/china-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity-of-uighurs-in-xinjiang
Comfort addiction image: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201910/is-comfort-addiction-real
Reddit Biden vs Conservative: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Politics/comments/h8zfyp/why_do_people_say_democrats_and_republicans_are/
The three israels: https://jewitches.com/blogs/blog/the-3-israels
Split moon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_of_the_Moon#:~:text=The%20splitting%20of%20the%20Moon,the%20splitting%20of%20the%20Moon.