Squid Game
We don’t watch the hunger and squid and games, Dad,
The live-streamed ones in Gaza are better,
They are the real thing; well sick and well bad,
and the Elbit fat cats are getting fatter.
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Empty-headed advertising aimed at fantasists.
A truly awful contrast with the blood-chilling reality created by fanaticists.
Dear Uilleam,
Your poem cuts through the noise with a stark, unflinching honesty that is both powerful and deeply necessary. The way you juxtapose the brutal reality of Gaza with the spectacle of a popular TV show is a sobering reminder of the human suffering often hidden behind headlines and screens. Your words open eyes and hearts, demanding we face the truth without distraction or denial.
With deep respect,
Rolph
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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Tue 12th Aug 2025 18:50
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Tom Doolan
Stephen Gospage
Aisha Suleman
Holden Moncrieff
Rolph David
Naomi
LEON STOLGARD
Just edited my poem.
They're murdering journalists and witnesses in Gaza whilst the hypocrites in our governments throw members of parliament out for speaking out.
This from New Zealand Parliament member Chloe Swarbrick:
So much for our "Common Wealth".
“Human rights should not be conditional,
we don’t get human rights because someone else decides that we are worthy,
but we get them because we are human,
the best way to lose your own human rights
is to care about them only when it impacts and affects you".
The Speaker banned her from the House for a week for that.
It’s going the same way with Hoyle in the UK. Who's getting paid what? I'd like to know. Fascism’s stalking our streets with impunity.
https://youtu.be/ZSHErnQisQA