Wasteland Real Estate Associates
Is proud to announce
The opening of a new development
In North Africa.
Blasted Acres,
In the Mediterranean nation of Libya,
Is now ready
For the resettlement of Palestinian refugees
Who have been ethnically cleansed
From their homeland.
Blasted Acres offers an environment
That will make the refugees feel
Right at home.
Years of civil war,
Initiated by the wholesale destruction of Libya
By the euphemistically-named
NATO forces,
Has created a lunar landscape
Almost entirely devoid of the resources
Necessary to support
A decent existence,
But ideal for pitching the tents
Whole families of refugees
Have inhabited in Gaza
Since their homes and communties
Were bombed into nonexistence.
Having been forcibly removed
From their decimated homeland,
Refugees will be welcomed
To their Libyan tent cities
By various armed militias
Eager to recruit them.
Just like home,
The refugees will not be able
To find work
And will be forced to rely
On meager resources
From international aid agencies.
Just like home
Their tents will not protect them
From extreme weather.
And just as they were treated
Like intruders in their homeland
So too will they be treated like intruders
In the ruined land of Libya.
As the genocide in Palestine continues,
Israelis are reassured to know
That they will not have to carry out
The grueling and messy work
Of total extermination,
That they can count on
The massive resources of their US collaborators
To transport all the Palestinians
Who remain alive in Gaza
To their new home
In Libya’s Blasted Acres.
