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They Forgot, After All

Or they lied.

By Kenny PennPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rafael Scharf

They cried for starved kids,

Promising never again,

Unless they’re Muslims?

Photograph: Doaa Albaz/Anadolu/Getty Images

Weaponized hunger,

Recognized as a warcrime,

Everywhere but here.

Hypocrisy is,

When you support genocide,

While shouting Hamas.

Maybe the bastards,

Terrorizing innocents,

Are in the mirror.

You say you’re Christian,

But justify bombings kids,

What would Jesus do?

He’d shout ‘till they say,

From the River to the Sea,

Palestine, you’re free.

Photo by Ahmed Abu Hameeda on Unsplash

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Kenny Penn

Award-winning author of dark fantasy and horror. My supernatural thriller, Mississippi Wizards, releases on August 11.

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    Written by Kenny Penn