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Under a banner that read Never Again
A troubled people sought a space
An uninhabited desert
Rocky soil, hilly terrain
Home to no one
An empty place
A land without a people
Home to no one
An empty place
There is Jordan and Lebanon
Egypt and Yemen
But there is no place called palestine
No such thing as palestinians
Just a bunch of misplaced Jordanians
Lost and Confused Syrians
Degraded Ottomans
No such thing as palestinians
Homes ?
Bulldozed?
Turned to rubble on the ground?
RUBBISH!
That Never happened
There is no one to be found
Because they do not exist
Laboring mother in a car
Two birds one stone
Two arabs one bullet
Don’t worry, Be at peace
You didn’t kill a human
Of course no one cares
Because they are not there
Frustrated militant?
No such thing as a terrorist
Palestinians do not exist
Deir Yassine, Shatila
Al Doura and Ayyash
brown flesh
blown to bits
DOES NOT EXIST
Saliha DeVoe-Hijazi is a servant of Allah, mother to two super kids and wife to her soul mate. Somewhere between changing diapers and changing the world she manages to write a little poetry, a bit of fiction and the occassional essay.
