I hate week days..

by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

After today bloody day in Baghdad ,I express my emotions in words ,just to express how I felt like a human away from politics and big words , my dear friend and one of great Iraqi activists and bloggers Basma Al-kateeb helped in translation it to English ,her words make my emotions more clear ,I want to share it with you ,this is about people ,who lived and die ..in Baghdad today

.I hate week days..

Now I hate to watch the news,And see how many are dead and how many injured score of people went? Now I hate the days of the week,Especially those that have not become deadly until now,It Terrifies me to the point of death ,Who’d come out today? To go and where to?

Is the next massacre going to be coming Friday? Saturday or Thursday?
I hate the exclusive channels, Showing us images directly from the event

Why aren’t we convinced with what the Spokesperson has to say, he says that out of 58 wounded.. 50 went home..walking!!
And all that blew out were some windows and four houses!!

Why do you insist that we see Iraqi women mourning their deaths, striking their faces in the streets, blood covering their faces?
Are you information channels? Or terrorist gangs?
Why Take us out of our drugged status of feeling secure, our coma,
Why assasinate our rosy dreams?
Now I hate the news
The days of the week
Especially non-bloody ones
Death is playing with us for the sake of playing a dirty game
Wraps the days of the week and we do not know when to expect the next explosion to come today or another day, it’s a Russian roulette game..every day
I hate the news now
my page on Facebook is filled with black
Pictures of the bombing and a hundred dead
here
And 30 there, we remember
the security plan, and the criminals behind this are known :
.. either Terrorist, Baathist ,sectarian …then the Parliament deplores, it even holds an emergency session on security , later on.. some officers will be dismissed
And a ban on broadcasting love songs
How I love the official Spokesperson
his Words tranquilize me..make me feel assured and safe,
He convinced me that the situation is good, even though few terrorists slipped tight security measures..and did this act..but..they managed to catch a hundred of them..so what
!
I wish I was born in a life where I didn’t have any nationality wish
I live in a world without religion or ethnic or national, in a world where we don’t expect the world to collapse after we go to the bathroom..I wish I don’t have to put on casual outdoor clothes, before going to sleep..just so that I can escape in the middle of the night running in the streets..wearing decent clothes
And we don’t have to bid our families farewell before we go to work every day
Now I hate all the political parties
Secular and religious, and environmental
all those who Paid for this bloodshed to sustain
parliamentary privileges
they Become everything, I hate
Even myself and my clothes,
Identity I wish we live
without weeks
Horror stories
Elections
And talk shows
Lord when will you rid us of it or get rid of us all
Because life has become …Comic?
People die, others get richer..quickly..fabulous..now..our blood has become so cheap
Our losses are not valued humanitarianly..
How Iraqis will die? are we going to overcome other global news..wars..disasters..Haiti..football game when Egypt won Cameron?
Why stop the world because Abu Chmagh (abu means a male with) Abu Ghurteh (Bedwin head cover) Abu Qat (wearing a suit)and Abu Turban, Abu Gel hair, Abu Sala (man who brags about being a regular prayer person)..many Abu and Abu and Abu ..
Death is inevitable..we know that..what about our day..of the week..they all turned bloody? Our lives have turned bloody…

Tomorrow we will go to work

Will buy the newspaper
We will not consider looking at photos of the bombing in the paper,
Because the channels forced us to know them by heart..
Each of us will be accused of being behind the bombing,
Each of us will point fingers to the international hidden plot..and factor..
we endure Checkpoints and Inspection
We thank God for the security plan
And Mr. spokes person,
we accetp to our dose of security opium , live on, waiting..and waiting..for the news..
this week passes, and we continue…to play the game of Russian Roulette