Intifada

(“Glimpsing Hokusai”, 2017, original encaustic) Intifada aka “Kill the Jews!” While we were sleeping content in our lives Something dark and ugly was growing inside Spreading across the lawns, and fibers of the net An intifada of hate as old as time, For those People of the Book who hold the power Maybe we fear, maybe we envy. “Kill the Jews” was once tolerated, Then condemned in shame, And now pridefully in distain proclaimed. “Kill the Jews” may sound hip and cool Until you realize where this led last time, And how a Jew is no different from you. Everyone now who’s saying it, Gleeful as you rise up to burn again, What it’s taken so long to build, Consume with a hate as old as time. But how will you feel in the morning When the next wave comes for you… (11/25/24)