\nHistory will tell the tale
\nWhen the world looked the other way
\nHumanity itself did fail.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Poets record history As only they could: Armed with pencils History written in their blood The bombs rain down All are guilty living there Mothers, children artists are not militants Israelis do not care. 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