On the Brink of Catastrophe

This subject is too fraught for eloquent poetry
  So please indulge me in a straightforward thought or three

  For the first time in its modern history
  Israel is on the brink of internal catastrophe

  True, there's been bleeding before, sometimes severe
  But to the rescue rode a Menachem Begin or a Golda Meir

  Yet never before has the military been disaffected
  And without it, the specter of an Israel unprotected ... 

  Morphing into invasions by Syria, Jordan, Hezbollah and Iran
  Israeli captives marched to their doom in Tyre and Amman

  Leaving Russia and China free to move in for the kill
  Every holy site in Jerusalem ~ oceans of blood spilled

  The world thrown into chaotic darkness, its center destroyed
  All thanks to cowardly Bibi, who, fearing jail-time, turned paranoid 

  May his senses return immediately ~
  Or may he vanish mysteriously

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 3/28/2023 12:57:00 PM
Whoa, Gershon, quite a poem.I appreciated this , because Israel is ignored by the world. They do not know that Muslims hate us with a passion They forgot 9/11. The thousands that died. And many Jews have been slain, whether IDF or a child in a stroller by Palestinians, who as you know are paid to kill and act like ”victims.” AOC loves the Palestinians or any Muslim. Christians are in the dark about Mohammed .And Israel and the USA hated by them. Gershon! NOT MANY CAN TELL THE TRUTH. PANGIE XO
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/28/2023 7:05:00 PM
Thanks for the appreciation, Pangie!
Date: 3/27/2023 11:21:00 AM
Oh my heart…
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Date: 3/28/2023 7:02:00 PM
Hang on there, Kim. A lot of this is theatrics. There'll be a coming together sooner or later. Hope it's sooner...
Date: 3/27/2023 9:31:00 AM
It is truly a disaster, Gershon. I can feel your pain as America seems each day to be edging closer to civil war. What has become of us?
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Date: 3/28/2023 7:00:00 PM
We have met the enemy -- and it is us! ~ as Pogo used to say. ~ Walt Kelly
Date: 3/27/2023 12:55:00 AM
And again, Jacob Frank. Elizabeth
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Date: 3/28/2023 7:00:00 PM
You have an interesting point there, Elizabeth. Thanks for the comment. ~ Gershon
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