Ellen Huber thinks I really am a poet. Thanks Ellen! She asked me to publish this one.
TWO BOYS
One boy went to cheder
Learned aleph, bet, gimmel.
Memorized his haphtarah
Made a speech in shul
His parents called him a man.
He counted bar mitzvah presents.
One boy went to a mosque
Was taught Shahada
Learned hatred
Killed for Allah
His parents called him a Shahid
He never counted presents.
About Me
- irwinpgarfinkle
- I am a handsome (see my 1945 photo) debonair, loveable retired intellectual property attorney (and sometime liar). I enjoy writing poetry and memoirs. I am a born again atheist, but a zealous Jew. It's amazing that we Jews constiture only 2/10th of 1 percent of the word population, but have contributed so much to the world's sciences and moralities. Many of my poems are about the Jews, my people. I also write about politics; my favorite politician to bash was George W. Bush. I'll miss him. Heaven portend that I'll have to bash Sarah Palin.
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