Written by Lynn White
It’s the time when bonfires are lit
when it’s easier to cross into another world
when places are set at the table to welcome the dead,
to consume the witches
so the evil in the world dies
in the heat and the smoke and the flames.
But this Samhain in Gaza the evil is spreading
in the smoke and ashes.
Everywhere is aflame
nowhere is safe
and everyone is a witch,
the old, the young and even the dead must burn.
Gazans have become the new Nemeds
having already given their corn and milk
now they must give two thirds of their children
and watch as they are consumed in the fire.
It’s the custom after all.
Text © Lynn White
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