The Middle EAST

The Middle East

When the persecuted became persecutors 
chaos followed; what a mess the Middle East is
Both sides of the conflict like killing one other
up pops more fanatics with eager knives
If you are an Arab Christian, your life is short
if you are a Muslim, they will give you the key
to London and the neighboring locals 
Is there such a being as a Christian Jew?
There are Orthodox Jews, men with braided
hair, wearing black hats and dark suits
round glasses make them look scholarly
Their women stay in the background when
on their back, giving birth to yet another
anti-war Jew    
In Syria, Assad has fled, prisons are emptying
people are jubilant, but hang on, prisons will
be full again of the new regime's enemies 
I read, but can it be true, that the Saudis are the Jews
of antiquity; one can say they love money 
and kill their opponents, whether in an embassy 
or in a café eating lamb chops 
In the meantime, we ask ourselves, will Syria be
Afghanistan, where women get beaten for showing
not a leg, but a pale face of suffering 
All is not lost,
 the Syrians in Sweden and Germany
are heading back to their homeland 
For S and G, a burden lifted