The Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXXXVIII: "a whitewashed road sign"
dust swirling past
"<-- Tarqumia, Jerusalem -->
peace be with you"
under the scorching sun
a whitewashed road sign
Added: The Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXXXIX: "skeletal house"
skeletal house
and charred pottery shards --
grass creeps in the cracks
Added: The Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXC: "between wire fences"
slate-gray sky
swarm after swarm of flies
between wire fences
Added: The Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXCI: "the Death Bill"
Sde Teiman
silhouetted against desert sunset
on the TV
passing of the Death Bill
popping of champagne
FYI: Sde Teiman is a scandal-plagued Israeli military detention camp in the Negev desert near the Gaza border.
And Haaretz, April 1, 2026: The Death Penalty Bill Illustrates How the Kahanist Revolution Has Taken Over Israeli Society
The evening of the vote marked not only a moral abyss, but also anointed the next right-wing leader: Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has managed to transform himself from a marginal thug into a shaper of right-wing ideology
Add:
straddled between
this war-torn world and the one
in my mind ...
I slam the blinds down
as fists crash on the street
