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Politician games

Let’s play a cheap game / Stand confidently / to give your speech.
Young woman in pink headscarf and striped robe.
Little boy standing in tent opening.
Photo: Ashraf Amra, UNWRA

 

Let’s play a cheap game.
Stand confidently
to give your speech.

PEACE IS OUR GOAL
CEASEFIRE NOW

Then,
whisper
under the table
where no one can hear you
except the killers
of innocents,

keep

killing.

Then,
back to your speech.

WE CONDEMN
WAR CRIMES

(but only against the white)

Then,
end your speech
calling for acceptance
of the urgent peace deal
and approve more weapons
for Israel.

So,

a child

in a tent

in Gaza

will not get to have a last hug,
while politicians praise
your efforts
in bringing
peace.

Nina Quigley.
Mentor: Nina Quigley

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