Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima’s houses,
That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?
In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
Where did the masons go? Imperial Rome
Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.
Were all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend
The night the seas rushed in,
The drowning men still bellowed for their slaves. – Bertolt Brecht
Jeff Rickertt speaks at a Justice for Palestine and Shut Down Ferra picket at Ferra Engineering in Tingalpa, a suburb of Brisbane on 15 Feb 2024.
Song
99 Balloons by Nena
Justice for Palestine Rally and March Brisbane City Sunday 18 February 2024 4pm King George Square
Ian Curr
18 Feb 2024