The Armageddon Syndrome

Michael Peach

For their own sinister ends
Netanyahu and Trump have embraced
The most dangerous fanatics
In the world:
Apocalyptic evangelical Christians,
Who literalize and wish to fulfill
The Book of Revelation
Which, whether or not
The politically-inspired author
Was aware,
Is in reality a projection
Of the timeless, archetypal struggle
Between good and evil
Within the human psyche.

Unless the majority
Of sane Israelis and Americans
Acknowledge this fact soon,
The Apocalypse
Minus Jesus himself –
Will indeed become
Incarnate.

Ramat Gan
4 November 2024

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