9th March 2026

 

early birdsong

a halo of orange

in the streetlight

© Rachel Green March 2026

White Phosphorus

In Lebanon where children once had schools  

an new Israeli airburst is deployed,  

to fall on streets and thus create the pools 

of white-hot chemicals to see their homes destroyed.

Amidst the dust and flame, still some survive  

though many of them die, their faces seared  

with flesh burnt down to bone as fires thrive

where Human Rights have all but disappeared.  

Now Israel, once thought the land of God,  

attempts the genocide of poor Iran

while red-hat 'Muricans destroy the sod

and magnify the slaughter they began. 

 So human rights aside, the only end I see

 is depose the arsehole in the Land of Free.

© Rachel Green March 2026