A piece of searing political satire, this poem exposes the moral blindness of the global 1%. The wealthy are imagined planning their next vacation, discussing destinations from their private jets.
The poem then creates a dark, inverse itinerary of the world’s greatest humanitarian crises. The “vacation spots” are war-torn places like Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, and Syria. It questions why the privileged choose to float in luxury rather than open their eyes to see a world that “burns and waits”.
- Would they visit Gaza,
- to see rubbled streets, erased homes, and weaponized famine?
- Perhaps Sudan,
- to witness twelve million forced to flee where hope is scarce.