A Poem to Elias Rodriquez

the murderer of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky

may the bloodstain haunt you
in your restless sleep
deluded by the notion
that it was your tragedy all along

you called your crime theater
shakespeare in a keffiyeh 
abducting the innocent
to your murderous globe

it will not wash
as you will find
and the fate of the matriarch
would only flatter

you who killed Sarah
you who killed Yaron
who had the new debt of a ring
and an unposed question on his tongue

you who killed Yaron
you who killed Sarah
who found water for the thirsty
and held the promise of another

may they be reunited
in the world to come
while you despair
wringing your hands

death won't come for you yet
you will live long enough
to see your contribution
dwarfed by their love

and for your cause to crumble
the words you learned 
from college campuses
to be the butt of a joke

to watch the news
from your cell
as a pizza hut taco bell
is erected in the heart of gaza

you who murdered
two young lovers
and hid your hate
behind the facade of resistance

you who killed Sarah
you who killed Laron
who lived in light and beauty
and in whose image

the future will be made

not yours

~FDA