Poems on Politics
Forget Egypt #2
Forget the Pharaoh
Forget the Pyramids
Forget Bondage in Egypt
Watch the evening news
Who is a Jew? Who is an Arab?
You can’t tell them apart
Forget the Red Sea
Think of the Jordan River
Swelling with tears, now
A constant rain of
Flesh, blood and bone
A Jew’s jawbone or an Arab’s torso?
Wrist joint, ankle joint, head, neck and waist
A marionette come-unhinged, undone
Winders tangled, twisted in tight knots
Where is the honey?
And the milk?
How many fresh graves by sundown?
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