Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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So, Who Has Suffered Most? Is the tragedy in Gaza today The equivalent to the Jewish Holocaust-- Or to the gypsies annihilated alongside the Jews-- Or to that of the early Christians thrown to the lions-- Or to the genocide of the Armenians-- Or to the terrible Clearances of the Scots From their buccholic pastures-- Or to the cruel transport of Africans to the New World-- Or, indeed, to all slavery throughout history-- Or to the religious fury of Sudan With its new South Sudanese neighbors-- Or to the punishment of the Bretons By the French government-- Or to the persecution by the Puritans of MA Of Roger Williams who then became the founder of RI-- Or to the extermination of Russian dissidents by Stalin-- Or to the victims of the Alamo who were 'Defending' territory stolen from Mexico-- Or to the mass Agent Orange killing of The Vietnamese by the American bombers-- Or to the subtile psychological takeover of the world By those who no longer support the fair, But cumbersome methods of Democracy------ Is it the number involved or the general cruelty? Is this all due to our species, who (which) evolved Parallel to the Chimpanzees rather than to the Bonobos? Frank Maurer 22 December 2023 0900 Hours.