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Only way not to go insane or to become so angry that it becomes injurious. The only was I can help it seems.

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Thank you for writing. When I was awakened at 3:00 am and saw this post from Gaza… I imagined my child and wrote what I wrote. I’m no poet or writer… but sat and tried to imagine what that father was experiencing. The horror. The shock. The love. The loss. I have lost friends and family because of my posts… too gruesome. Too terrible. They tell me to stop. Some refuse to talk to me. I can understand their loathing of a picture like this but we NEED to know or this will never end. So, thank you for writing … I’m sorry for your tears yet all we have left is our loving empathy when even our lawmakers sign the missiles: Finish the job.

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Aug 5Liked by Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.

Oh, yes, you are a poet. So saith the dog.

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TY

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Aug 4Liked by Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.

I held my two year old grandson close to my heart before he went to bed tonight. Not five minutes later I read this and watched the moving picture. As I sit here with the tears rolling down my face I simply cannot imagine the pain that this poor little scrap’s father must be feeling. His child was our child,all of the slaughtered children were our children. The women, the men,they were all our brothers and sisters and the world is poorer and emptier without them.

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Thank you for writing and the tears… the tears flow so often now, don’t they? Thank you

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Aug 5Liked by Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.

I seem to cry daily, and often more than a few times, from watching commentary and videos about the Pals, and from watching, as remedy, videos about animals saving humans and humans saving animals, and each other... simple acts of kindness.

We MUST save them!

Thank you for this bittersweet post, my first from you. xo

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Aug 4Liked by Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.

Thanks for sharing your sad beautiful poem and showing us another dear little boy killed by my government with the nazi Zion regime 💔🇵🇸💔

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Don't know what to say. But TY and wish this all would end.

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Aug 4Liked by Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.

As the Democrats try to puff up the Harris campaign and Netanyahu has the interior decorator measuring the drapes in the Offal Office, the true nature of the US/Israeli ZioNazi genocide is undeniable.

Note how mainstream corporate media is quietly smothering coverage of our ongoing intentional atrocity in Gaza and the West Bank. No coverage will be given of the reality of our occupied and subservient government.

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The Offal Office… goddamn you are good with words and funny as hell. Because we are friends I know you don’t think any more highly of the GOP. We need a new set of rules and new people to choose from. Government right now is like McDonald’s… we raise the cows, feed the cows, kill the cows, process the cows, market the processed cow and we are to believe everything is kosher’. How do we trust a legislative person who is owned by gun lobby and owned by AIPAC and promises to care about us… promises the burger is ‘just fine’ … trust me” We need term limits, cut this money from outside bullshit… every candidate gets to speak their peace piece and we vote. Everything is lies and greed and control and drink the cool aid. I’m fucking tired of my money killing babies, or Russians, or Somali’s or fucking anyone. Stop with the war shit. How about a little peace and joy? Fick all governments.

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Aug 5Liked by Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.

Ah, a like-minded fellow! I am for NO govt. but PEOPLE being organized and treating each other well, and taking care of ourselves. Hear, hear!!!!

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