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Aftermath of War Onerous Task

Aftermath of war: onerous task... to salvage flotsam and jetsam of human wreckage amidst a sea where triage witnessed courtesy scattered corpses populating the Gaza strip more'n pound of cold flesh forced sacrifice appeasing vengeance usurped quarterage tendered for countless generations predominantly innocent victims hostages held at staggering price non-negotiable exorbitant nonwage blinding, deafening, frightening kilowattage courtesy blitzkrieg annihilating, obliterating, pulverizing... heritage sporting military equipage analogous to Humpty Dumpty where all the king's men and all the the king's horses severing peace pact irretrievable brokerage. Present violent conflict resolution as brutal modus operandi spells woebegone webbed wide world ache a lamentable recourse to break vicious cycle on par with death and destruction analogous to an earthquake indiscriminate enfiladed innocent mortally wounded victims the zealous militants did forsake leaving him/her to gasp as he/she did intake their last dying breath while just desserts served when recalcitrant misfits of the state staged a successful jailbreak joining spunky and the gang to wreak collateral damage upon heads of oppressors, who sought courtesy Benjamin Netanyahu how to make inveterate Pro Israel/anti Palestinian whereby his once sterling now tarnished namesake linkedin to butchery, demagoguery, fiery rhetoric meant to cause Allah, Arabic Allah (“God”) quake: The name's origin can be traced to the earliest Semitic writings in which the word for god was il, el, or eloah, the latter two used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) cutthroat religionists unafraid to bare fangs and releasing deadly venom, when transformed into a rattlesnake. Poison infiltrates the body electric think scorpion puncturing stinging sundering wounding Leviathan in present context antagonizing Israeli bashing defense forces hazarding triggering constellation of neighboring states to arouse home grown insurgents housing hotbed of militant activism ready to explode across the webbed wide world. Oh brother Grimm tales not so far away pitting flesh and blood kindred folks melded from earthen clay no holds barred loosing terror to reign forcing me to question posed liked Rodin's The Thinker dumbfounding mine sixty shades of gray, where self extinction of *****sapiens sharply heading oneway. I wince with distress and tragedy wrought how peaceful conflict resolution infrequently said methodology sought one subsequent generation after harbors hatred decreasing opportunities for babies (violently decapitated) to experience life, liberty and pursuit of happiness naught to whit ruthlessness running rampant murdering rampage haught cannibalistic cuisine till survivors total aught.

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