Luftwaffe

A father carries his seven-year-old son
to the hospital twenty blocks away,

the boy’s limbs and head hang limp,
the family thought they would be safe

in the UN school.
When he arrives at the hospital

they tell the father,
there is nothing we can do for the dead,

he hugs his son,
he curses, he cries, he prays,

but his God is no match
for the Israelis.