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anne hobbs's avatar

Powerful words ❤️

Cui Bono's avatar

"Babylon’s Stillbirth"

You couldn’t get past Babylon, could you?

Her milk was arsenic,

her lullabies—

the wet crunch of nightstick on ribcage,

the hiss of Zyklon B through vents.

You suckled anyway.

Gorged on the afterbirth of empire

while the midwives whispered:

*"This one’s born with no lungs."*

The hanging gardens?

Just nooses for the architects

who thought they’d get paid.

The tower’s shadow?

A mass grave before the first stone.

*Mene mene*—

the numbers flash like an oven door

kicking open at 3 AM.

*Tekel*—

your currency’s the weight

of a child’s shoe in ash.

*Upharsin*—

the river’s choked with iPhone cables

and femurs polished for export.

The prophets died screaming your name

into interrogation mirrors.

Now their tongues grow back

as barbed wire in your colon.

*You couldn’t get past Babylon.*

Her skyline’s a teethscape.

Her anthem?

The static between gunshots.

Her cradle?

Your open mouth—

waiting for the next boot

to mistake for a mother’s kiss.

Pete Ross's avatar

If there’s one thing that’s despicable it’s people who start a war, celebrate it, and then cry to the world when they lose.

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May 29, 2025
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Harvey Roberts's avatar

Do you believe the genocide will end if they are freed? Yes, never forget October the 7th, but the massacre and ethnic cleansing is remarkably similar to Nazism in its most inhumane and evil purpose. The Holy Land? What blasphemy.

Gloria Edwards's avatar

Yes it is obviously similar to Nazism in its evil purpose. Israel is delusional in quoting from the bible that this is their promised land? It is nothing but greed and immorality.

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May 29, 2025
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Vee's avatar

Ignore the Anonymous Hasbara in the comments. Disingenuous or clueless. No excuse to be either. And NO excuse for what is happening in Gaza no matter how they spin it! Psychological and emotional vampires! They thrive on responses!

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