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Another poem about Gaza

Neil Laurenson by Neil Laurenson
27 December 2024
in News, Palestine
Reading Time: 1 min read
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The word alone
is enough to inject despair.

‘Unmanned aerial vehicle’
just wouldn’t cut it.

‘Evil metal bird killing machine’
was too honest.

A boyhood Robocop fantasy
fleshed out in the lab.

Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Nahal
was known for his love of cats.

One of those bastard devices
got him north of Rafah.

Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Nahal
Words that mean love.

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Neil Laurenson is a Worcester-based poet whose debut pamphlet Exclamation Marx! was published by Silhouette Press. He is currently working on a new collection of poems with Antony Owen. Neil’s YouTube channel about autism and his autistic experiences is called Autistic Not Alien. He can also be found on Twitter/X @NeilLaurenson, on Bluesky @neillaurenson.bsky.social, and at www.neillaurenson.co.uk.

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