They were secure and felt no weakness.
They were secure and no one touched them.
They were cabinet members and legislators and that, frankly, was no good.
(So, today, as an exercise in mass restraint, try to imagine your entire home is on fire. All windows and doors are bolted shut with a new electronically coded system, as demonstrated in Series 1 of the popular UK series Spooks, except in their case, it was a bomb, and ultimatelywarning, spoiler approachingit was a decoy, a lucky escape, and that child and woman were quite safe but both had understandable issues with Tom who worked for MI5. Never date a spy. Anyway. So, imagine your mother is on fire, running through the house, screaming for you to save her. Water, well that is just plainly out of reach, dont be ridiculous. Imagine your hand catches fire trying to save her. They will be no use to you now, no use at all, especially considering someone has changed the code while you were sleeping and theres no way out. Hows that for dramatic tension? So, someone has it is in for you. They want to destroy and kill your family. Theyve targeted your house. Fuckers. What gave them the right? What reason could they possibly have? Whose house are we talking about anyway?)
They had experts on the case and went on and on about binational states.
They said you are responsible, yeah, and you must pay.
They wrote this while listening to Electrelanes Rock It To The Moon LP and turned it up loud.
They were confused about whos responsible and who devises such grand strategies.
(You see, its been going on for centuries. Most people will tut tut now and put it all down to some remote conflict about land and religion. Most people will shut down and put down the remote. It is frightening, you know, the slaughter. The measures taken. So, today, as an exercise in futile negotiations, burn down your local television network. Make a bold statement.)
They are raising the ante and making a point.
They dont go for smokescreens and easy options.
They say hes president but who gave him authority.
They should start to worry and really keep their noses clean.
They call him Abu Mazen and say, hes being pulled, is pulling Fatah, closer to Hamas in the face of the Israeli threat, when he originally wanted to pull Hamas closer to Fatah.
They want him to make up his mind and stop the cold shoulder routine.
They talk of seizing and cease-fire.
They think its a long shot and the pressure is on.
They better listen and learn.
They could lose power and liberty and at some point, lose lives.
(In which case, think of a relationship most would deem dysfunctional. Think of those classic personality types that sabotage situations feeling undeserved, not worthybut we know better. Dont take sides. Dont get sucked in. Another classic. They wont last together, theyve never been perfect for each other, just look at their histories, no match there, no match starting their fire, ha ha, so to speak.)
They didnt like this arrogant western view of a very personal politics and wish wed all go away to our American states.
They make no mistakes and know what theyre doing.
They are squeezing, pushing, pulling, and tearing it apart.
They had no immunity and public interest had changed.
(If you had to think of the most perfect way to dieeither by force, by nature or by selfwhat would it be? Would you go against the wishes of your family and/or friends in order to sacrifice yourselfand, look, were not just talking personal reasons, were not talking histrionic suicidal fits, were not talking some small column pedestrian hit, were not talking small at all. Were talking about big page spreads, big noise, large scale reasons and causes and beliefs and were talking probably far away from home so the local effect/affect is lessened for the sake of palatability and reportage. So, now were talking. If you had to think of the most perfect way to diewhat would it be? What would you die for?)
They were dead and gone.
They were never to be seen again and taken.
They wanted a legal tool to take care of the problem and they were gearing up for prosecution and trials.
They are openly engaged in violent acts and must be treated differently.
They were hammering and smashing down his door with their feet.
They heard him say: come in and tried to calm them down.
They came in and took what they came for.
They had their hands cuffed and were taken away.
They are going for the long haul and as a result would actually reinforce the radicals.
They observed this: to occupy, wear a disguise and cover up.
They had a kind of masquerade ball going on and thats no joke.
They wore suits and ties and were smart enough.
They were seen in this way and were not well liked.
They were set on fire and that wasnt half of it.
They were a declared faction before they entered the room and they bypassed authority.
They are two big names and they never seem to get on.
They dont expect us to understand and you know what, we probably dont.
They, as in us, cant really believe what is going on and yet at the same time believe everything in an effort to understand.
They, unlike Electrelane playing on the stereo, are pretty untouchable but who is to say we wont be touched by them and can we ever say anything for sure?
(But then, they didnt want to end it on such a moralistic tone and therefore decided to change the record on the stereo to Prams Dark Island which has that beautiful song where Rosie sings No one teaches you how to say goodbye)