Even now / its black waters / are tanked ’nd / safely intact. Pour / seeds or syllables / back down that throat / and all you’ll hear / are scattered ping-pings / on an iron roof.

International law and the laws of armed conflict apply to all, but they are not being enforced against all. We submit that the Australian government should not continue to support Israel in the commission of systematic violations of the most fundamental norms of international law and humanity.