Mirjam’s Song

Fiction and PoetrySpring 2007
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darkeyesDark eyes, pools of fireStare into hills of sandPenetrating themAs they had penetratedMany lovers' soulsKings' hearts,The intentions of menDark eyes boring through the desert hillsTo the land of her brothers' battleFor the Lord of HostsDark eyes flicker, pools of excitement,Taste of bloodSadness, bitter and saltyExultation and reliefAs if already playing the tablet of victoryReliving other Hebrew battles,battles of her peopleFrom her own childhoodSo long these wars punctuated their livesDark eyes . . .

She muses,

Would that God would turn the land of CanaanBack into Eden

Let me, Mirjam, take Eve's place.No fool would I be to the serpent'sCoy attraction and deceit

Lolita Paiewonsky

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