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The Holy Land neath hammer blows -

is this what Jesus prophesied:

when sad-sack’s hanged like mistletoes

the sightless see a suicide;

when thousands fall like dominoes

the blind deny it’s homicide;

when women fry in thermal throes

the gents reject it’s femicide

when rockets slaughter embryos

the fools forget it’s feticide

when children die and decompose

the dullards doubt infanticide;

when bodies burn with afterglows

no one concedes it’s genocide.

Whichever way the west wind blows

leaves morals dangling, crucified…

The Holy Land neath hammer blows - is this what Jesus prophesied: when sad-sack’s hanged like mistletoes the sightless see a suicide; when thousands fall like dominoes the blind deny it’s homicide; when women fry in thermal throes the gents reject it’s femicide when rockets slaughter embryos the fools forget it’s feticide when children die and decompose the dullards doubt infanticide; when bodies burn with afterglows no one concedes it’s genocide. Whichever way the west wind blows leaves morals dangling, crucified…

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