Thanksgiving In Gaza

They probably give thanks for premature babies

laid out in batches of twelve or fifteen

that make the front page in the USA,

thinking: Go premies! And show the world

how you fare in your little green diapers!

Or were they blue?

The staff looking after them certainly is,

the whole place shot to pieces.

What they must give thanks for in Gaza

is the revelation and emphasis of

the state of things as they are.