Saturday, 1 June 2013

On the Terrorist Bombing of a Cafe in Tel-Aviv, March 1977



Apropos of nothing, as we sat
beside the Purim revellers, the heart
of reason blew apart, and there was fat
and muscle, blood and skin, as when the start
of life experiments with shape, and shifts
to other modes inside the darkness.  Ears
and noses flew in to the street, and gifts
exploded into madness, grief and tears.
Surprised to find ourselves amidst the din
of history, where tables broke the joy
of celebration, we looked about for sin--
some mark of evil's presence, like a toy
distinguishing an infant's play.  Instead,

an infant clown kept calling for the dead. 

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