“Operation Cast Lead” is not the Title of a Movie

“Operation Cast Lead” is not the Title of a Movie

After a night of gasping

at fireworks

I nurse the consequences

of champagne.

Somewhere else they are remembering

smoke that takes forever

to clear, the ringing in the ears,

the smell of burnt flesh

among personal belongings.

-o-

“Operation Cast Lead” on Wikipedia (as always, don’t place complete trust on one source, please)

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