Jerusalem (6)

Michael Peach

In that she reflects
Like no other place
The spiritual state of Man,
She is indeed the central point
And battleground
Of those who cannot wait.

Jerusalem
3 November 1995

Though wholeness is indeed my priority And the sensing function

My body now, alas, is paying the price, Together with

Due not least to constant U.S. vetoes Of U.N. resolutions

The streets near the park In Ramat Gan, Traffic-clogged and

Israel’s soul is all but lost. For the most vocal

Were he alive today, The holistic Qohelet, Or Ecclesiastes, Would