The Architects of Rejection

Convinced they hold the treasures certain

to ensure their adversaries have little option

but to submit to their demands or forego

the release of those they captured, dead or

alive, in the subsequent bargaining for a

ceasefire that would allow them the time to

restock both their corps of operatives and the

weapons to rejoin the conflict, they enjoyed

their strategy of postponing acceptance of

concessions in their favour for the pleasure

inherent in the torment of hope denied the

hostages. Their arrogance of assurity time

and again denied for cessation of hostilities

the terrorists ignited by their cynicism abrogating

a treaty in satisfying its blood-lust through

a sadistically savage rampage of rape and

mutilation and slaughter torching villages

and their inhabitants; to them a casual show

of heroic proportions now focused on survival

of its remaining battalions under siege by a

nation intent on annihilating future prospects

of October 7's promised revival suddenly sees

the fugitive terrorists amenable to signing onto

that elusive ceasefire at a time when their intent

adversary sees no profit in ceasing firing.