Let us mourn the giraffe and zebra,
dead during heavy bombardment
in a Gaza Strip zoo--
one of terror,
one of tear gas.
There is no money to replace them,
so they will be stuffed
and put back in their cages
for children to see
how it was when these were animals--
although someone who can remember
will have to explain
how the brusque tails sent flies reeling;
how, like barley in an evening wind,
they bent their necks to water;
how the eyes were not glass then,
and darker.

Satisfied with Havoc, Autumn House Press