70 Sayre Street

Joe Hall

Poetry

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“Shipping records show that more than 162 tons of brass cartridge cases were exported from the [Buffalo, New York] plant to an Elbit-owned ammunition factory in the Ramat Hasharon settlement in occupied Palestine”

—reported by The Ditch (Ireland), October 2, 20251

Where we walked when almost lost, down Militarypress stamps a cartridge casing
Road to Al-Anon meetings, past 70 Sayre Street,press stamps a cartridge casing
Buffalo, the sun as a cruel ball of slushpress stamps a cartridge casing
As a crossing guard neons the intersection forpress stamps a cartridge casing
The William J. Gabriarz School of Excellencebrass roll slit to casing sized strips
Elementary & Middle School, so many first lovesand the whole line resets
In the shadow of an ammo foundry bought bypress stamps a cartridge casing
Wieland, a German company that describespress stamps a cartridge casing
Its past self as “liberals in a Nazi state”2press stamps a cartridge casing
Liberals in a Nazi statepress stamps a cartridge casing
Board members in the Nazi partybrass roll slit to casing sized strips
Peanuts floating in a 20 oz Pepsiscrap fed into the baler, blocks of
On the cutting room floorcompacted brass melted down
United Steelworkers 593 pushes forthe whole line resets
A raise churning out war materialpress stamps a cartridge casing
For apartheid gunspress stamps a cartridge casing
While I post little thoughts, try all capspress stamps a cartridge casing
Video games, letters to elected, getting really highpress stamps a cartridge casing
Eduardo3 who fought his waybrass roll slit to casing sized strips
Out of ICE’s grips in 2016 just gotscrap fed into the baler, blocks of
Ripped off by a coworker: 10,000 buckscompacted brass melted down
Gone, a thousand hours cleaning plates tothe whole line resets
A high polish so gringos can see their facespress stamps a cartridge casing
Gazapress stamps a cartridge casing
The West Bankpress stamps a cartridge casing
Syriapress stamps a cartridge casing
Lebanonbrass roll slit to casing sized strips
Making enormous weapons profitsscrap fed into the baler, blocks of
Just “trying to make it through the Nazi eracompacted brass melted down
An economic success”4the whole line resets
Gazapress stamps a cartridge casing
The West Bankpress stamps a cartridge casing
Syriapress stamps a cartridge casing
Lebanonpress stamps a cartridge casing
Venezuelabrass roll slit to casing sized strips
ICE shoots a poet point blankscrap fed into the baler, blocks of
Ceasefire massacrescompacted brass melted down
DEC: 1,100 pounds leak of sulfuric acidthe whole line resets
3 workers burned by molten copper5press stamps a cartridge casing
Elbit finishes the bullets in Ramat Hasharonpress stamps a cartridge casing
Elbit finishes the bullets in occupied Palestinepress stamps a cartridge casing
Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Iranpress stamps a cartridge casing
Lebanonbrass roll slit to casing sized strips
The West Bankscrap fed into the baler, blocks of
Gazacompacted brass melted down
Liberals in a Nazi statethe whole line resets
70 Sayre Streetpress stamps a cartridge casing
Buffalo, NYpress stamps a cartridge casing
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1. Original report here.

2. This is Wieland’s description of themselves. Video of Nazi officials touring the factory.

3. Pseudonym used to preserve subject’s anonymity and safety.

4. This language adapted from Wieland’s rationalization of their collaboration and integration within the genocidal Nazi state https://200jahrewieland.com/en/story/a-difficult-balancing-act-between-heart-and-mind.html.

5. See this Investigative Post article.

6. Find images of the 70 Sayre Street ammo foundry and descriptions of cartridge production processes here.