Who will watch the

Unwatched 

Time

When seconds

Smear

And the day 

Slowly tears 

Leaking out

Listen carefully

And you might hear:

The stripling spirits

 Suspire

As the freighted minutes 

Calve and collapse

Into the viscous 

Liquid hour

A waiting baiting time

For law abiding

Punctual men

Stood poised

Ready for

The bitter business 

(with their tired scissors)

Can you hear them?

They are coming…

The unchilding time

Hush now

Be oh so quiet that

You and I might sleep

Our bodies 

Complicit

Safe in our silence

The time of fear

For amber children

Criminals or

Pre-crime

If left unarrested 

Trapped by history

In the dying hours of the day

They are 

Coming out

Ready or not

It's 2 a.m.

Again.

Read Part V of Sefirah – Canto for David here:

Ark

"I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth." (Genesis 6:13)

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Read Part III of Sefirah – Canto for David here:

Korban

Another day Wrestling with God

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Suggested reading:

What Palestinian Children Face in Israeli Prisons

Under Israel's draconian military laws, Palestinian children are systemically imprisoned. Here's what they face in detention.

https://time.com