Painting

crisis

observers feel

for one victim

from two parties guilty

with cold repose

with inward hate

some defend both

some abstain

try to pretend

the monster's intent

to silence with violence

and retch not from scent

genuine glee

thrill of teenage mischief

grown men swarm

to rip at the hetacomb

for one hundred lost

is three the cost?

milled to brown mire

quenched their ire

with film and sound

paint this scene

which exploits your

culture's private memes

to taste a glimpse

of passions clandestine

simulate and go to

your own Palestine