STONE BY STONE

no one said love them

we do not

no one said kill them

we do we the transferred talk of transfer

we we we we we we we

display our humanity by maiming

are allied by puzzlement and confusion

battle a message

kill the messengers

are bewildered by intifada

are distraught by freedom seekers

refuse their nationhood

they cry our attention

stone by stone

we of the ten commandments

live a man made eleventh

not burned in stone

the banner of the occupation

DO UNTO OTHERS AS OTHERS HAVE DONE UNTO YOU

and the occupied return the land

stone by stone

poor young soldiers suffer the land

stone by stone

who wants the land

let them receive

stone by stone

why do we tread where we have been

role reversals create understanding

oppressed and oppressors

common is their grief

how many more must die

let alone who

build or destroy

stone by stone