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Elia Ayoub (he/him)

Incredibly, surreally: I just posted the Primo Levi poem when I saw this post by a Gazan collective on Twitter.

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Text: Martyrs of Gaza & @GazaMartyrs Follow Before you lay your head on your comfortable pillow and bed, remember that here we sleep in the streets with nothing but a piece of cloth to protect us from bombings, missiles, and fire. Our children sleep hungry; a mother sleeps crying for her children who were killed; a wife mourns her husband who was taken from her; and a man grieves for his family that Israel has destroyed. Here, we sleep to the sights of death and wake up to them. You watch us, and some of you engage with us, but by the next day, the images of our deaths are forgotten. Thank you all for your messages and support, but nothing is worth the risk because tomorrow we will be forgotten. 22:51 • 13/08/2024 From Earth • 43K Views
Text: Shema by Primo Levi You who live secure In your warm houses Who return at evening to find Hot food and friendly faces: Consider whether this is a man, Who labours in the mud Who knows no peace Who fights for a crust of bread Who dies at a yes or a no. Consider whether this is a woman, Without hair or name With no more strength to remember Eyes empty and womb cold As a frog in winter. Consider that this has been: I commend these words to you. Engrave them on your hearts When you are in your house, when you walk on your way, When you go to bed, when you rise. Repeat them to your children. Or may your house crumble, Disease render you powerless, Your offspring avert their faces from you. Translated by Ruth Feldman And Brian Swann
13 August at 23:13 | Open on spore.social
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Elia Ayoub (he/him)

Today’s footage from the hell that is Israel’s genocide in Gaza is the corpse of a young boy. He has no bottom as it was blown off in a blast. They found his head and torso on a tree branch and his legs on the ground.

I’m so sorry little boy. I’m so so sorry.

14 August at 20:07 | Open on spore.social
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