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Humanitarian Pause

from Notes From A Holocaust by David Rovics

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After destroying half the buildings in Gaza and killing untold thousands, they took a week off

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After targeting emergency responders
After blowing up the water tanks and fuel
After bombing all the hospitals and ambulances
After blowing up the mosques and the schools
After bombing all the camps north and south
The camps of new and former refugees
After fighter jets with bunker buster missiles
After navy ships shelling from the sea

They’ll take a little break from slaughtering the children
Then they’ll do it all over again

After bombing all the solar panels
After blasting apart every street
After leveling apartment blocks, turning them to dust
When might they think the bombing is complete
After blowing up the churches and the parliament
After killing families in their cars
After killing families walking down the road
With nothing in between them and the stars

After bombing their own prisoners
Beneath the missiles, dying there alone
Who knows what might be their plan of attack
As they kill off so many of their own
After keeping food and water from the people
After making sure all the injured die
Along with all the babies in the incubators
As everywhere the world wonders why

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from Notes From A Holocaust, released January 11, 2024

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David Rovics Portland, Oregon

Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), anarchist, dad, lover of life.

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