A Room of My Own: Two Worlds Collide

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XLVI: "human pain"

the war will end

the war won't end, the war will end ...

one petal left

as a fighter jet splits the sky

silencing everything below

blocked by police cars

Israel supporters and foes 

shouting, cursing...

I wonder if human pain

has distinct identity

Added: written on the first day of Eid,  Eid, also known as Eid-al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan

row after row

shoulder to shoulder Gazans

pray in the tent city

Added: This Brave New World, CXIII

written  in response to Alex Garland's "near-future America" movie, Civil War

chipped Abrams tanks

on a Walmart parking lot

littered with debris

Here Tomorrow, Gone Today

the sound of  Civil War 

FYI: From the official trailer of Civil War:

A white-haired journalist says to young one:

They shoot journalists on sight in the capital. Every instinct in me says this is death.

The Reporter: There's some kind of misunderstadning here.

The armed fighter: What?

The Reporter: We're Americans, OK.

The Armed Fighter: OK, what kind of American are you? [a long silence between them]. You don't know?

And CBC, April 12: Jarring, visceral and all too plausible, Alex Garland's Civil War is a must-see

Added:

why? what if ...

I continue to mumble

in slanted light

the roshi taps his temple

saying, this is your prison

Added:

around corners

the thud-thud-thud ...

in dim street light

a disheveled woman runs fast,

faster into her worst fear

Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XLVII: "an eye for an eye"

fireballs rolling 

across Tel Aviv's night sky ...

my Sufi friend

laments, an eye for an eye

will make the whole world blind

Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XLVIII: "shadow war"

inspired by Iran's attack on Israel

the pitbull

circled by Siamese cats

in a back alley

this years-long shadow war

between two old neighbors

FYI: The Siamese cat is known to be the most aggressive of all cat breeds.

Added: Game Show, 2024, XLII

written in response to CNN, April 15: Jury selection begins in Trump's historic hush money trial

men's room brawl

this shit-stained moment

for a hush money joke