Sirens (a sequence)

Yom Kippur War ear-piercing sirens since

on cold stone and red poppies the bleeding soldier

memorial wall my son’s name carved on sirens

grave names read  ALOUD  Mt.Carmel echoes

tombstone memorial candle flickers…flickers

Mt.Carmel slowly crawling darkness jackals cries

Bones, No. 1, December, 2012