How to Count

100 days in captivity 10,000 children killed who can speak? who can speak? the silent cries deafen tidal wave of suffering washes over the memory of lives snuffed out under the rubble bombs bury the guilt of oppression there is no extra care being taken what is true is death fragile is a disjointed word how can you say fragile when they are gone freedom, release are empty shells without meaning do not kidnap babies do not kill babies killing their families severing their limbs by your superior armaments that flatten their homes that is not mitigation that is a lie do not uphold a lie the rabbi intones God does not distinguish us vs. them humans, stop the slaughter ceasefire now; rebuild