Resistance Poetry

Don’t Cry for Us Ashkenazis

(Recite or Sing to the tune of ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’)

Don’t Cry For Us Ashkenazis

It won’t be easy, you’ll think it’s strange When Zionists try to explain That they still need your love and your money After all that they’ve done to Palestine You’ll still believe them, cos all you can see are the Skeletal Jews of World War II Survivors of, the Nazis Now see them, in power as Ashkenazis Bombing hospitals and homes Just like the Allies did, in Dresden Shall we let it happen again, or shall we make them change? They’re victims no more, as they click their heels And jump into bomb-loaded warplanes That’s settler-colonial freedom, running amok, see, they’re victims no more The Anglo-Americans are so impressed These daily kill rates surpassing the Nazis

Don’t cry for us Ashkenazis The truth is we’re no longer, victims Through decades of funding, our mad existence We’ve built high walls, and ghettos worse than Warsaw Have I said too much? The truth is we’re one and the same Whether dressing it up as Manifest Destiny Or saying we’re the Chosen People Just keep the weapons coming, don’t you keep your distance And as for the media, including Aljazeera We never invited them in Though it seems to the world we shoot to kill We’ll deny, no matter the evidence For the Promised Land is ours The answer was here all the time We love settlers and hope they love us

Don’t cry for us Ashkenazis We’ve kept our promise, done killings galore Now the Arabs are weak, divided, and puppet-ruled Yes we even stole their dead kids’ organs Have I said too much? There’s nothing more I can reveal to you (Mossad rules) just look at us and know We’ll deal next with the self-hating Jews…

Don’t cry for us Ashkenazis

Written by A. Y Alam