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POEM: An Eve with Netanyahu

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Top Pun

As President Biden campaigns on a pro-democracy platform against the corrupt Donald Trump, he is tag teaming genocide in Gaza with his long-time friend, the corrupt Israeli PM Netanyahu, the “Bibi” brain and heart of the military onslaught and deadly … Continue reading →

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POEM: Compassion Sidelined

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Top Pun

A poem for our collective denial of our responsibility to prevent genocide. Free Palestine! No one is free until all are free. Compassion Sidelined An aye for an aye And a no for a know A tooth for a tooth … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Confession — For the Birds

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Top Pun

I don’t have a lot of regrets in life. Still, one of the stupidest and cruelest things I ever did was as a kid when I shot dead with a BB gun a bunch of birds hanging out in a … Continue reading →

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POEM: Let Them Eat Bullets

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Top Pun

Flour power, not bombs. Are we fed-up with forced mass starvation yet? Let Them Eat Bullets From ashes to ashes And dust to dust Famine sweeps Gaza And the prison guards feel threatened By the unherd Starving fore a tension … Continue reading →

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POEM: Genocide Joe

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Top Pun

Monday mourning. Last week President Joe Biden spoke of being hopeful about a ceasefire deal in Gaza. I must confess, I scheduled posting this last week, expecting the likely outcome of genocide unabated and genocide Joe abidin’ his time. I … Continue reading →

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POEM: Get Over It

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Top Pun

We are a far cry from Patrick Henry’s infamous cry, “Give me liberty or give me death,” which highlights one’s ultimate willingness to put all of your skin in the game. Today’s cry is more of a whine, “Give me … Continue reading →

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POEM: On Fire and Ice — Owed to Aaron Bushnell

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Top Pun

Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty U.S. air force senior airman, committed self-immolation by fire to protest the U.S. sponsored Israeli genocide of Gaza. His final cry was “Free Palestine.” On Fire and Ice: Owed to Aaron Bushnell Fire and Ice, by … Continue reading →

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POEM: Dis Quieting Genocide

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Top Pun

Talking about US complicit in genocide may be uncomfortable, even a bit traumatic. Still, such discussions have miniscule chances of approximating the horrors of genocide itself. Dis Quieting Genocide It was a bad day for propriety A revolting day for … Continue reading →

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Stick, A Fork in It

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is about the tendency toward escalation and overkilling built into lethal conflicts such as war or genocide. When we feel threatened and have the capacity to inflict massive death, we come to a fork in the road, which … Continue reading →

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POEM: Can You Ever Halve Enough?

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Top Pun

Can we ever afford to kill one another? It certainly seems sow. Unfortunately, when an awareness arises of the steep cost of killing, it is often too late. Sadly, we may halve our life and eat it too. Can You … Continue reading →

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POEM: Heart Confetti

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Top Pun

My heart breaks, particularly when US cannot brake genocide. Heart Confetti My heart Shatters A billion peaces Shuttered Once helled To gather Now veinly hoping Fore a body politic And singular victory A party to genocide And ticker tape prayed

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POEM: Taking a Bite Out of War Crime

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Top Pun

I am far more worried about Joe Biden’s moral feebleness than I am about any alleged physical or mental feebleness. End the genocide in Gaza! Taking a Bite Out of War Crime Get that man some dentures Grandpa Joe needs … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Means

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Top Pun

As commander-in-chief Biden provides unconditional support indispensable to Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza, he offers inconsequential advice, even “warnings,” to limit mass civilian killings. If stopping genocide, the worst crime known to man, is somehow a close call, then his … Continue reading →

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POEM: Gaza, Eat It

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem addresses the Gazan’s plight of living under siege in an open air prison, under massive military assault, including widespread bombing of civilians and civilian infrastructure. This poem highlights the genocidal assault, particularly the mass starvation as a result … Continue reading →

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POEM: Bombing

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Top Pun

Humanity is bombing. Let’s end the violence. Bombing Bombs a way Bombs aweigh Bombs a weigh Bombs away

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POEM: Yours to Deicide

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Top Pun

Wile it doesn’t make cents for some, I see humanity is one. I strongly suspect that there is only one side. Thus, in a religious sense, any won that kills other children of God is ungodly. In some sense, killing … Continue reading →

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Starving Palestinians — How Compassion Ate Gazans

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Top Pun

President Biden’s posed compassion and the U.S.-Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is starving the civilian population. The generations-long military occupation, the 16-year blockade on Gaza, and the current months-long bombing campaign has created a crucible of death in Gaza. … Continue reading →

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POEM: Halve Truth

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is a parody of the infamous “You can’t handle the truth” military courtroom speech from the 1992 movie, A Few Good Men. You can view the original speech here. Many have killed and died in wars over half-truths … Continue reading →

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POEM: Due Doo?

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Top Pun

The “tolerance” of snuffing other human lives continues to baffle and disturb me. This is particularly true given the shit that such lethal choices unleash. Can we love humans, awe humans, more than our attachment to such shit? This poem … Continue reading →

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POEM: Detente

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Top Pun

When guns ceasefire and bombings are paused, we are still a longing weigh from peace. War is hell — not something to be won. This poem is a meditation on the accost of war, weather hot or cold. Peace — … Continue reading →

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