RUBIES AND RUBBLE: PARIS BIDS, PALESTINE BLEEDS
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While snipers calibrate
to solve the Palestinian Problem
once and for all,
a bidding war breaks out in Paris
over a dead celebrity’s handbag:
cracked leather
stained lining
sticker residue
ten
million
dollars
Going once
Going twice
Gone.
Somewhere over the rainbow
an auction afficionado
on a private island
sips champagne and scoffs
“What a steal!”
having dropped
thirty-two and a half
million
dollars
late last year
for Dorothy’s ruby slippers.
Meanwhile, in Gaza,
a child is pulled from the rubble.
No yellow brick road
No good witch.
No shoes.
No home.
No heartbeat.
