(for the Israeli rescue team that formed
during an East Jerusalem mud slide.)
it doesn't really mattter that you've never
been welcome before
at the Rawdah Cafe
where burial grounds come crashing
down the mountain in a storm
smash the roof of this old city hang-out
break down walls & grab the living
where they sit playing cards or planning a revolt
on this snowy afternoon in Jerusalem
it doesn't really matter that you've come here now
to the Rawdah Cafe
to help clear away skeletons of ancestors
some who may have murdered members
of your own family it doesn't really matter
as long as you get through
to the ones who are still struggling
to stay alive & sane beneath the mud
that covers this place.
