THE WEATHER REPORT
Israel says it will rain Tuesday so it will.
Here, the weather-girls are more about glamour,
because in Lebanon we know it will rain
sooner or later just don't know when
and want to look good when it does.
But Israel knows! They have balloons
up in the sky and yesterday, at the school
for retarded kids an F-16 signed
the bright, blue warm-front sky,
the surf was still a pretty mirror;
the waves hadn't conducted a weather report
of lapping generously at the kiln-y rocks
the ones DISplaced there without reason,
the disjointed buildings still disrepairing
to the sea and the sea wrecks
that must be there.The rebar girders
jut out of ocean front property of lichen
splotched war rubble, the smooth stones and trash,
all the salty modern shrapnel.
All of it there in a calm loaminess.
Tuesday, it will rain. We all agree on that one.
2 comments:
I loved reading this. There is something quite poignant about the metaphor you've used.
Great stuff
Thanks...I wish I could view your blog but unfortunately, Israel is destroying the country I live in right now because they've suffered, gasp, prisoners of war!
Go tell it to the guys at Guantanamo Bay mofos! Go tell it to the guys who died from torture there if you can find their bodies eh?
Thanks though...wish I could see your place. Maybe later when I get more than a quarter hour worth of vibes from the vibe maker.
Salaam wa alaikum wa rahmatullah
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