Old Fools On The Hills Poem by shimon weinroth

One stands on the Mts of Hebron
the other on the Judean Hills
glaring possessively at Jerusalem
fierce warriors of rhetoric, claiming halo of history
disclaiming the rights of Sarah and Hagar
Jacob and Ishmael

sing and praise prowess of
murder and plunder, send more
young sons to settle the score,
throw the old fools into the valley of Gai ben Hinome
let their bodies rot, names unremembered

the cycle to stop with a new generation
refusing to trade blood of the past
for a share of the future