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> > > Inhumane siege is fueling international outrage (inc’g American > poets)<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/feedburner/WDBc/%7E3/TbPi5X1NHvk/inhumane-siege-is-fueling-international-outrage-incg-american-poets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > MONDOWEISS - > > Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:18 AM PDT > > *On Saturday, the **Irish Times ran this poem** by Richard Tillinghast, an > American poet living in Ireland, called "What Is Not Allowed":* > > No tinned meat is allowed, no tomato paste, > > no clothing, no shoes, no notebooks. > > These will be stored in our warehouses at Kerem Shalom > > until further notice. > > Bananas, apples, and persimmons are allowed into Gaza, > > peaches and dates, and now macaroni > > (after the American Senator’s visit). > > These are vital for daily sustenance. > > But no apricots, no plums, no grapes, no avocados, no jam. > > These are luxuries and are not allowed. > > Paper for textbooks is not allowed. > > The terrorists could use it to print seditious material. > > And why do you need textbooks > > now that your schools are rubble? > > No steel is allowed, no building supplies, no plastic pipe. > > These the terrorists could use to launch rockets > > against us. > > Pumpkins and carrots you may have, > > but no delicacies, > > no cherries, no pomegranates, no watermelon, no onions, > > no chocolate. > > We have a list of three dozen items that are allowed, > > but we are not obliged to disclose its contents. > > This is the decision arrived at > > by Colonel Levi, Colonel Rosenzweig, and Colonel Segal. > > Our motto: > > ‘No prosperity, no development, no humanitarian crisis.’ > > You may fish in the Mediterranean, > > but only as far as three km from shore. > > Beyond that and we open fire. > > It is a great pity the waters are polluted – > > twenty million gallons of raw sewage dumped into the sea every day > > is the figure given. > > Our rockets struck the sewage treatments plants, > > and at this point spare parts to repair them are not allowed. > > As long as Hamas threatens us, > > no cement is allowed, no glass, no medical equipment. > > We are watching you from our pilotless drones > > as you cook your sparse meals over open fires > > and bed down > > in the ruins of houses destroyed by tank shells. > > And if your children can’t sleep, > > missing the ones who were killed in our incursion, > > or cry out in the night, or wet their beds > > in your makeshift refugee tents, > > or scream, feeling pain in their amputated limbs – > > that’s the price you pay for harbouring terrorists. > > God gave us this land. > > A land without a people for a people without a land. > > *Richard Tillinghast is an American poet who lives in Co Tipperary. He is > the author of eight books of poetry, the latest of which is Selected Poems > (Dedalus Press, 2010 ), as well as several works of non-fiction* > > <* > http://mondoweiss.net/2010/06/inhumane-siege-is-fueling-international-outrage-incg-american-poets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2FWDBc+%28Mondoweiss%29 > *<http://mondoweiss.net/2010/06/inhumane-siege-is-fueling-international-outrage-incg-american-poets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2FWDBc+%28Mondoweiss%29> > > > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
