To Market To Market Poem by shimon weinroth
To Market To Market
we've been to Madrid and Oslo
and Camp David too,
now on our way to Annapolis
to find the wizard of peace
while rockets whiz over
and airplanes target
we are off to market
to barter land for peace
to market to market to
buy the fat pig and soft story
with a pocket full of hope
euphoria of dope
and a lot of wishful thinking
a pig on a spit turning over and over
a ham well done and fit to eat
alas not kosher to both
Arab and Jew
perhaps neither is peace
for both me and you
and anyway, maybe
it's too late
the plaet is doomed
and polluted
we are all Polar Bears
floating south
too full of hate and guile
to make peace and smile
Human beings have been struggling with one another since Cain and Abel. It does not look likely to change anytime soon. But each of us must feel a personal responsibility to try to make the world a peaceful place, to get along with others, to settle small differences peaceably before they get big, to be concerned with each other's welfare. Then maybe hatred and rivalry can turn to tolerance and kindness, at least in our own neighborhoods. Good poem, Shimon!
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4/25/2024 10:31:24 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Yes, it is hard to contest with the notion that 'the plaet is doomed'...as you put it.