- an arrow in the heart of the Intifada -
“Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave
a paradise for a sect….”
Keats, “The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream”
When you complete your mission
and arrive in the place of Judgment,
you will be greeted
by seventy-two beautiful virgins
who won’t like you.
They’ll talk …
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I have some rough edges. I go down
to daven to smooth them out, sometimes
in the embrace of a minyan,
sometimes with the melting fires of a heart
open to G d.
The center of my heart
beats a steady pulse, but my mind races
this way and that, following after
every …
At Lafayette, we stood and marched in
formation on the Quad, carrying
M-1 rifles, wearing olive-drab
woolen jackets and trousers, spit-shined shoes,
cotton khaki shirts, bright brass medallions,
and visored army caps.
John Pearl stood
beside me, mouthing off, his collar loose,
his tie askew, bellowing, “YES SIR!”
so everyone would know what he thought
of the army.
Now I …
“All creation groans together in torment.”
Hindu saying
Is Tim Leary a sadhu? And other unanswered questions,
like, do mountains move east to west
as people around a table do?
Or is “the extra man in the room” -
some of this is derived from other people -
analogous, indeed, identical to, many other…
to go back….
When you study the archaic Teutonic images
…