Several poems by Palestinian children, in honor of the American Shaheed, Rachel Corrie
Some Poems by Palestinian Children, In Memory of the Shaheed Rachel Corrie
I wish I could look into your hardened eyes, who drove that tractor as young Rachel dies Is there love in your tractor, of fifty-two tons is hope and desire in your tanks or your guns If she could be with us, Rachel Corrie would say ... Umm ... “If you see a bulldozer, get out of the way”?
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if i had the wit or skill
of a famous old composer
i'd pen a paen to the kill
wrought by that bulldozer oh sing, oh muse, of that bitter face
we saw burning up a flag
contrast the angel some would place
on that slippery pile of slag oh behemoth of oil and steel
that flattened young miss corrie
cold hearted beast; but do you feel
you dug in the wrong quarry? there're those who'll claim i'm cruel,
'tis true; but i haven't lionized her
nor cast the blame on sharon's tool
and cry they've zionized her her death was sad, her life too brief
she did deserve much better
but have her 'friends' shown equal grief
for those in uday's shredder?
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T'was an 'activist' of confused mind
who had a bad run-in with a CAT D9
All medical help was nay-sayed
"She doesn't need any first aid!
"As a propoganda tool she'll do fine."
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a fiat or a fergie?
a john deere or a case?
allis-chalmers, david brown
euclid or kobase? new holland, caterpillar
kubota or a ford?
minneapolis-moline,
belarus or lagord? haybaler, crusher, backhoe,
grader or bobcat?
it doesn’t really matter now
the poor young girl is flat she have been misguided
with sadly misplaced zeal
but no-one deserves to be martyred
beneath a ‘dozer wheel.
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Hippies splatter mighty fine,
When you hit 'em with a D9-
I didn't mean her any harm,
She just didn't hear the reversing alarm. Now I'm felling mighty sorry,
For running my dozer over Rachael Corrie,
Remorse I'm feeling to the max,
"Cause I've gotta clean her outa my tracks.
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There was a terror-lover called Corrie
who made a grave mistake for which she was sorry
She said "While in hell I burn,
the lesson I've learned
Is that its much more quick and painless with a lorry."
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