For Sale: a Wheelchair

(For Ibrahim Abu Thuraya - Gaza) For sale: a wheelchair in good condition. The seat is black wide, warm and clean (blood stains washed off); the two push handles: soft and comfy; they have been held with love and care; the armrests rarely have been used; foortrest and footplate – still brand new. The owner used it for the last time when he left the Shati refugee camp to join the crowds who hailed Jerusalem as their own and hurled stones – their live ammunition – across barbed wires that circled Gaza. The 29-year-old amputee, jumps off the wheelchair falls on his knees; he crawls towards the prison siege his right hand holding a Palestinian flag, his left-hand fingers making a V. A sniper on the other side smiles as he takes aim… and whizzz… the bullet finds the stubborn head and he falls dead! ~ ~ ~ ~ For sale: a very special wheelchair with a history extraordinaire lying there like a question mark above the Homeland The price: your blood… his blood her blood or mine…!