WHO LED THE ISRAELITES

 

Who led the Israelites?

On their collective toeses

Through the semi-permeable

Membrane? It was Osmoses

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE?

 

Can you imagine what it would be like?

To live on a housing estate

And be permanently ill at ease

Feeling your neighbours hate

 

Not just occasional hatred

But every day for sixty years

Each successive act of hate

Designed to optimise your fears

 

Can you imagine what it would be like?

To fear not just for your own life

But to be fearful for the safety

Of your children and your wife

 

Having to be always vigilant

Trying to anticipate their acts of spite

Surrounded by a sea of bile

For six decades without respite

 

Can you imagine what it would be like?

To know all your neighbour’s want your death

Want to eradicate you from existence

To squeeze from you your dying breath

 

If you can imagine this kind of life

And feel that bitter hatred daily

Then you should perhaps understand

How it feels to be an Israeli