Friday, 3 April 2026

Good Friday poem

 

Noose pin worn by members of the Israeli knesset to show their support for the introduction of the death penalty for Palestinian political prisoners. 


your job is this
a man lies down
across two planks
you hammer nails

into his wrists
into his feet

the nails are long
the nails are thick
the nails are sharp
your job is this

you hammer nails
you do not flinch
you do not stop
your job is this

to never stop
to never flinch
to never think
of them as wrists

to never look
them in the eye
to never hear
the words they cry

you hammer nails
your job is this
your job is this
your job is this