"Quiet For Quiet"

Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip. April30th
NY Times Page A4

( A found poem: Fragments of a four column story about Israeli attack in northern Gaza)

"Quiet For Quiet"

Shells screaming across the sky
Dishes flew and the television jumped in the air
Everything was upside down
Roof collapsed
Bedroom walls crumbled
Windows blew out
Closed doors blown out of their frames
Over a vista of empty fields
That were once orchards
The army had just dropped leaflets
Promising "quiet for quiet"