Barata

Michael Peach

While, to stay out of jail,
Netanyahu overrides
And undermines
Israeli democracy
By empowering theocrats
(Who project onto God
Their collective, authoritarian,
Patriarchal bent),
Some ultra-Orthodox dissidents
Find sanctuary
At Barata,
An open house in Jerusalem,
Which celebrates freedom,
Creativity
And the divine Soul.

Jerusalem
15 December 2022

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