Jerusalem
POETRY FORMAT, 6 Apr 2015
Yehuda Amichai – TRANSCEND Media Service
The late Israeli poet captured this urban division well.
On a roof in the Old City
laundry hanging in the late afternoon sunlight
the white sheet of a woman who is my enemy,
the towel of a man who is my enemy,
to wipe off the sweat of his brow.
In the sky of the Old City
a kite
At the other end of the string,
a child
I can’t see
because of the wall.
We have put up many flags,
they have put up many flags.
To make us think that they’re happy
To make them think that we’re happy.
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