Poetry, March 2004, www.aljazeerah.info
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In memory of the six adults and five children killed on May 13, 1985 by the Philadelphia Police Department at the MOVE House in Philadelphia, PA.
WERE YOU THERE?
By Diana Gwinn
March 12, 2004
Were you there when they killed Dalal al-Sabagh?
Were you there when they shot her in the head and stomach?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to puke and vomit.
Were you there when they murdered the mother of three?
Were you there when her children screamed in horror?
Were you there on March 09, 2004, a day I’ll remember?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to rage and tremble
Were you there when they killed Dalal al-Sabagh?
Mahalia Jackson’s sweet-sorrowful voice echoes in my ear.
Were you there when they crucified my lord?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
The plaintive wail of Billie Holiday reverberates in my heart.
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
Blood on the root
Were you there when they killed Dalal al-Sabagh?
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| Earth, a planet hungry for peace |
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| The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03). |
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| The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank, like a Python. (Alquds,10/25/03). |
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