The Amputated Limbs Of Children
“I want my legs back,” the girl cried in Arabic.
“I want my legs back.”
You can’t have your legs back, little girl.
They have been eaten by a hungry machine
who needs them for fuel to power its gears.
The machine needs your legs to keep the sky raining bombs
and to make its death robots fly.
Your legs power the bulldozers digging mass graves
and the tanks blowing holes in the hospitals.
A glorious kingdom is held together
by the amputated limbs of children.
A pentagon-shaped castle is built from the bones
of the amputated limbs of children.
Wall Street werewolves and bank boys dine
on the amputated limbs of children.
Movie stars treat their wrinkles with creams
made from the amputated limbs of children.
Suburban families prop up their smiles
with the amputated limbs of children.
The news man lies and in his eyes
you see the amputated limbs of children.
The podium man smirks and between his teeth
are the amputated limbs of children.
And the little girl cries,
and the news man ignores her,
and the podium man smirks at her,
and the bank boy bites her,
and the machine rolls on,
limbs fed into its furnace with pitchforks,
crushing houses and blackening the sky,
poisoning the oceans and bloodying the earth,
while the air fills with the crying of children,
for limbs that will never come back,
for homes that will never come back,
for mothers that will never come back,
for childhoods that will never come back,
for brightness that will never come back,
for innocence that will never come back,
for dreams that will never come back,
for joy that will never come back.
And we are here,
eating cheesy meatcarbs and watching funny haw-haws
and gossiping and prattling and wishing we looked better
and trying not to think about all the tiny arms and legs
we see covering the earth
whenever we step outside.
World Press Photo of the Year.
Inas Abu Maamar (36) cradles the body of her niece Saly (5) in Khan Younis.
The child, her mother and her sister were killed when an Israeli missile struck their home.
By Mohammed Salem of Reuters.
The Israeli military has been committing an average of 16 massacres daily in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 where it has been carrying out attacks for over six months, according to the Gaza government.
I just returned from #Gaza for @MedicalAidPal.
The scale of the suffering and humanitarian catastrophe inflicted by Israel is vast and horrific.
What is being done to the Palestinians of Gaza is a disaster for humanity.
History will judge all who are complicit.
#CeasefireNow
🇮🇱🇺🇸 Journalist: "Have you threatened to stop military aid to Israel, Mr President?"
Biden: "I asked them to do what they're doing."
This guy is not fit to work in McDonalds, let alone be president.
Israel has killed 4 children every hour since Oct 7… by the time they finish counting those missing under the rubble it will be over 20,000 slaughtered in 183 days…🇵🇸💔
Conscription must be resisted with the broadest possible unity.
China, Russia, Iran etc are NOT enemies of British working people, it is the political elite and economic system at home that is the REAL enemy.
We refuse to fight and die for Sunak, Starmer or the Bank of England.