... after painting the desert red
with blood from arms
waving the white flag of surrender

thousands of children die
from bombed-out life support
and embargoes of humanity

unrelieved from one Xmas season to another

as all the President's men
    while helping Saddam
         suppress rebellion
            pitch in
to surrender Palestinians to their tormentors
who balk*
    at surrender talk
       Holliday calendared
          at anniversary 22
             denouncing Hampton assassination
in order to get
    several days more of Hanukkah
       to enflame candles
          oiling the light

             to kill Palestinians by...

*Zionists would move talks from the 3rd day of
   Hannukah to Mon 9 Dec 91(starting date of
    Intifada).