i conclude it must stand for human misery, 

revenue and customs

israel is a strategic geopolitical position, 

a frontier of colonialism, 

and its postsoviet bravado is borderline offensive.

i stand in opposition to ethnic cleansing, 

whoever practises it

and i guess I’m soft-versus all conflict; 

gies peace fae yer game a soldiers

the lifespans on the cusp of either or

then i walked into my bench with such force 

that i shrieked and writhed on my floor.

this was what i wrote a year ago, and things only get worse. the world is a terrifying place. i think we should be very scared. we aren’t safe.