A New Mantra
You've lifted a new mantra of American education
by staking your future on the fate of war & peace,
making university presidents tremble and
pro-Israel legislators cringe in anger -- you've intruded in their
scheme to assist a genocide, unaware of any rights
for the vanquished yet resilient Palestinians; they strongly disapprove
of your just struggle and watch your mass arrests with pleasure,
manifesting their own dissent to dictatorship.
But, their folly consists of a naive misinterpretation of your will power
to fight for Palestinian justice to the bitter end, and to pay whatever the price
no price is too high for human rights.
Copyright © Kaveh Afrasiabi | Year Posted 2024
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