The Botanical Gardens (1)

Michael Peach

When previously encountered I
Israeli Arab student males
Upon a narrow path,
I’d ask myself
If sabotage
Had ever crossed their minds.

Yet now I see
That, not unlike myself,
These spurners natural
Of Israel’s tribal march
Toward an Eden false
Find solace in this Garden fair.

Jerusalem
31 May 1992

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