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John Copley Alter: Exit


“bam life’s a bitch i’m out” is what one of my new heroes

had to say in a text message just before he blew his brains

out

a young soldier and the other hero

Rachel Corrie* became compost beside

a Palestinian flower shop one day

for very much the same reason

 

Noah Pierce his name is

two years ago

 

…I’m out”

 

*Rachel Corrie died on March 16, 2003 when an Israeli-driven bulldozer ran her over.  Rachel was in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip volunteering for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a collaborative movement made up of Palestinians and internationals working to end Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.

 


 

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