a day

you should live in here in betlehem
said sami as we sat in his little room.
the tv showed arabic drama and nescafe tasted good for a change.

in the evening little jewish boys were playing
hide and seek in the darkening cornerns of the jaffa gate.
one ran straight to my lap.

at the wall the flag was halfway down.
and the white dove had its head in the cleft of the wall.