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[2015] Go Team Iron Dome
Would you like to be
a part of something epic?
Unique?
Come join the practice squad
Go Team Iron Dome
No one's ever cut
due to high mortality rate
Not required to speak
Welcome to play from home
WANTED: Gazans only need apply
Preferably
Gazans willing to die
Oh, say can you see
the rocket's red glare
in the starry night sky
right over there?
Crisscrossing the border
mortar exchanged through the air
Who fired the first shot?
It matters not
The responsible party?
Inconsequential!
Any excuse for more shelling from each side
Retaliation on this battlefield
always justified
The true nature of the power they wield:
Operation Human Shield
And there are innocent bystanders aplenty
in this spectator sport
Running up the score;
strategy of the game
Other side of the fence
---more of the same
A single rocket guarantees retribution
with excessive force
Excessive force guarantees retribution
with a hundred rockets
Sock it to'em
back and forth
No one ever wins
Back and forth;
punished
thousands of civilians
Back and forth
put into harms way:
elderly, children, entire families
who never volunteered to play
You cheered on Hamas
You shouted,
Go Team Iron Dome!
invited bloodshed
into your very home
Don't come crying to us
armchair quarterback hero
when your neighborhood
is blown away
Just pray
that this doesn't go
into Overtime
Score : Zero to Zero
Israel versus Hamas
Playing games with human lives
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