No War For Oil

NO WAR FOR OIL!

STOP THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

A POEM

Palestinian Superman!

You must be Superman to be a real man in Palestine...

You must use all your senses 24-hours a day in order to stay...

You must hear the gunfire, then the screams that fade away...

You must see the blood, again and again, and still see red...

You must hold the barbwires in your hand and smile for the elderly woman trying to bypass the Israeli checkpoint...

You must smell the teargas and cry as if there aren't enough tears in this "Holy Land'...

You must taste the humiliation and eat Nabulsi sweets all in the same day... And...

And still think of the olives and thyme...

And think of ways to end this endless crime...

Oh my beloved... do we still have time... To hold hands and kiss... and raise our children in a cosmic bliss...

-Saed J. Abu-Hijleh Nablus, Occupied Palestine January 2003