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by Abdul Malik Mandani

If you can but see,
the height of desperation
where death is deemed
more desirable than
the pitiable plights of
the people of Palestine.

Why no one in this
momentous a moment
call out the name of the killer?

The wantonness of the world
The inhumanity of man
The gullibility of god
The irrationality of religion
The impotency of prayer
The prostitution of justice;

Where do one seek the salve
for the suffering souls?

First I had faith
but had no god,
and when I found god
I lost my faith!

559th Weekly Poetry Contest