Poem for Palestinian Samer Issawi Who is on Hunger Strike to Draw Attention to Israel’s Human Rights Violations

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Hunger Strike

for Samer Issawi

version 2

The stomach is not a beast to be caged

or tamed. It is no more than a sack

to be filled and emptied.

Those who clutch the keys

to your prison cell believe their fists

are not made of skin and bones,

that blood only flows

one direction.

With the world watching,

they are begging you now

to open your mouth and chew

what they can easily

take away.

-o-

Here is a link to one of the sites with some information on his struggle.

Filed under: Fragments and Moments, Imperialism, Life in a different world, Mga Tula / Poetry, Middle East, poetry, politics, terrorism, Uncategorized Tagged: administrative detention, human rights, hunger strike, illegal settlements, International Law, Israel, Israeli apartheid, Palestine, Samer Issawi