Roger Manning


Warsaw - Gaza by RM 2019
(recording pending)
No one is less human
than your loved ones . . .

Calling from the ghetto
Warsaw
No way out 
but they will know that we were here.
self determination
no longer an option
but they will know that we were here
never again, Never forget

Calling from the ghetto
Ga-za
Guess they forgot
The scars that blind.
self determination
no longer an option
but they will know that we are here
No way out
but they'll know that we're here

No one is less human
than your loved ones
The scars that blind
never again is now

things can't end well
people act anyhow
'resistance is the highest ideal'*
'fatherland' does the crime
'holy land' pays the price
clearing the land
 killing beauty
people, homes, and ancient olive trees
singular display of cruelty
but there's always a price to pay
for wiping out
a way of life

No one is less human
than your loved ones
The scars that blind
time after time
never again is now

[from Palestine to Mexico
 all these walls have got to go]

*Emma Goldman