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Israel, Gaza:
same panic rockets over
next-of-kin faces.
Parents dash to shield
children with their bodies though
bodies can't suffice.
Mary Krane Derr is a poet, writer, musician, and nonviolence activist from the South Side of Chicago. Her poems "Rubble Dream,", "At This Address," "Prevents Conception/By Her Very Own Choice," and "Transit of Venus?" all previously appeared in The New Verse News. "Transit of Venus?" has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.