Does one of humanity's darkest evils
Grant perpetual license to the state of Israel
To treat innocent others as though they are disposable?

Can we fairly draw gradations of collective evil?
This we can accept, that is intolerable
This is defensible, that is despicable
Or is it all simply evil?

And what of our assaults upon the Earth,
Our crimes environmental?
Mother Nature will hold us all accountable

Photos: left, children at Auschwitz, 1945; right, family in Gaza (photo from BBC)