Bring a gourmet dish
To the IDF banquet
Celebrating its glorious accomplishments
In the ongoing
War of attrition in Gaza
That has killed tens of thousands
Of Palestinian civilians
And left their homeland in ruins
Bring an iron bouquet
For every Israeli soldier
Who has shot a toddler
Through the head
Or crushed a small child
Beneath the treads
Of a monster tank.
Bring casseroles of shell casings
And steel pellets
For the Israeli platoons and batallions
Who have combed the wreckage
Of schools and hospitals
For survivors
That they can murder.
Bring chain link loaves of challah
For the Israeli pilots
Who have carpet-bombed
Acres and acres of neighborhoods
Annihilating communities
And countless lives
Believing that their holy book
Grants them permission
To commit unspeakable crimes.
Bring white phosphorous champagne
For the IDF criminals
Who have filmed themselves
Raping and murdering Palestinian women
Then proudly
And with no fear of repercussions
Posted those films
Of their sexual war crimes
On social media.
Award tin trophies and medals
To the Israeli government
And to its big brother
The fading U.S. empire
For reminding us that colonialism
And asymmetrical warfare
Are not archaic enterprises of the past
But are alive and killing
Right now.
