A poem for Passover and Syria

Photo by Thomas Peterson of me reading at Middlesex County College.

I wrote this poem a couple of years ago — I think — in response to a story in The New York Times on the refugees streaming out of Syria. Given this week’s saran gas attack by the Assad regime on its own people, and the unnecessary, immoral, and counterproductive missile attack in response by President Trump, I thought I’d share it today.

I read it yesterday during a spring poetry event at Middlesex County College in honor of the upcoming holiday and the Syrians, who are being blocked by our government from coming here for safety. This was before I learned that the president ordered a missile attack and made it clear he sees war as a viable tool.