Life’s Test (1)

Michael Peach

To humanize the tension
Between one’s psychic intimations
And physical limitations
Is the great test of life.

Jerusalem
4 December 1995

When first we moved to Ramat Gan, To help Tamar

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